{"id":18285,"date":"2021-05-05T13:38:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T13:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/?p=18285"},"modified":"2021-05-05T13:39:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T13:39:44","slug":"eu-prepares-legal-case-against-astrazeneca-over-vaccine-shortfalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/?p=18285","title":{"rendered":"EU prepares legal case against AstraZeneca over vaccine shortfalls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The European Union\u2019s executive branch has commenced legal action against AstraZeneca for breaching the terms of its contract with the EU. It holds AstraZeneca responsible for partly delaying their vaccine rollout.<\/p>\n<p>AstraZeneca\u2019s contract with the EU, signed last August, foresaw an initial 300 million doses for distribution among member countries, with an option for a further 100 million.<\/p>\n<p>AstraZeneca had hoped to deliver 80 million doses in the first quarter of 2021, but only 30 million were sent. According to the EU, the company is now set to provide 70 million doses in the second quarter, rather than the 180 million it had promised.<\/p>\n<p>AstraZeneca said in a statement that it \u201cregrets\u201d the commission\u2019s decision to take legal action and it will \u201cstrongly defend\u201d itself in court.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suffering a dispute can have serious implications on you and your livelihood and reputation.\u00a0 Our dispute resolution solicitors will quickly and efficiently put your case together and act on your behalf. Call Vijay Srivastava or Shalish Mehta in our civil and commercial litigation department on 0161 624 6811or email vjs@wrigleyclaydon.com or <a href=\"mailto:sm@wrigleyclaydon.com\">sm@wrigleyclaydon.com<\/a>. We can advise you on the appropriate course of action and assist with any legal documents or proceedings that may occur.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/litigation-solicitors\/civil-litigation\/\">Civil Litigation<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/dispute-resolution\/\">Dispute Resolution<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/company-and-commercial-solicitors-in-oldham\/commercial-litigation\/\">Commercial Litigation<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The European Union\u2019s executive branch has commenced legal action against AstraZeneca for breaching the terms of its contract with the EU. It holds AstraZeneca responsible for partly delaying their vaccine rollout. AstraZeneca\u2019s contract with the EU, signed last August, foresaw an initial 300 million doses for distribution among member countries, with an option for a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6708,6705,6059,221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-litigation","category-commercial-litigation","category-dispute-resolution","category-litigation-disputes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}