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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12565

23 September 2020
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Health
Vaccines, MEPs get little information on agreements reached with industry
Brussels, 22/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

What exactly do the advance purchase agreements between the European Union and the pharmaceutical industry on future Covid-19 vaccines contain? After gleaning information from the European Commission (see EUROPE B12554A4), MEPs were hoping to get more details from industry at a public hearing on Tuesday 22 September. But not surprisingly, it invoked the sacrosanct principle of business secrecy. 

Refusal to publish agreements

As a reminder, the EU is negotiating with the pharmaceutical...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
EXTERNAL ACTION
INSTITUTIONAL
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
NEWS BRIEFS