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E.U. court rules commission must disclose vaccine contract details

The E.C. must disclose indemnity clauses protecting drugmakers and officials who negotiated contracts.

,   and  Stefan Anderson
4 min read
Drugmakers made tens of billions of dollars in profits from COVID-19 vaccines and medicines at the height of the pandemic
Drugmakers made tens of billions of dollars in profits from COVID-19 vaccines and medicines at the height of the pandemic while governments spent billions of dollars to support vaccine research and development. (AN/Braňo/Unsplash)

BRUSSELS (AN) — The European Union's second-highest court ruled the European Commission illegally withheld key details of COVID-19 vaccine contracts worth billions, dealing a blow to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the eve of a crucial vote on her bid for a second term.

The European General Court, a constituent of the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union, on Wednesday ordered the release of redacted information from vaccine agreements signed with Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and other drugmakers in 2020 and 2021. These deals, worth about $2.7 billion, secured over a billion doses for the bloc at the apex of the pandemic.

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