The European Union is offering only partial protection to vaccine makers against legal risks from side-effects of their potential COVID-19 shots, ...
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a"Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationBRUSSELS: The European Union is offering only partial protection to vaccine makers against legal risks from side-effects of their potential COVID-19 shots, European officials said, in a move that is hampering deals and contrasts with US policy.
The EU's top court increased the burden on drugmakers in 2017 when it ruled vaccine users were entitled to compensations if they could prove a shot caused a negative side-effect, even when there was no scientific consensus on the matter. The EU later said negotiations with J&J were at an advanced stage, although no deal has yet been reached.
"The contract foresees that liabilities and financial costs are shared among the parties," the Belgian medicines agency said in a statement about the deal the Commission reached with AstraZeneca on behalf of all 27 EU states, including Belgium.
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