A deal between AstraZeneca and France over potential COVID-19 vaccines involves doses being split between countries on a pro-rata basis based on population, a source at the French President's office said on Monday.
PARIS - A deal between AstraZeneca and France over potential COVID-19 vaccines involves doses being split between countries on a pro-rata basis based on population, a source at the French President’s office said on Monday.
The British drugmaker signed a contract with European governments at the weekend to supply the region with up to 400 million doses of its potential vaccine. “The principle of the deal is that the vaccines will be distributed pro rata, based on population,” the source at the French president’s office said. “What we’ve asked for and what has been agreed is for production to take place in Europe.”The vaccines - still in clinical trials - would be for all EU member states.
In France, Sanofi’s call in May for a more collaborative European effort in the hunt for a vaccine sparked a backlash, especially after the French drugmaker’s CEO said doses produced in the United States, which had rapidly rolled out funding for research, would go to U.S. patients first.
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