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AstraZeneca is not doing enough to try to resolve a dispute over delayed Covid-19 vaccine deliveries to the European Union, the blocs top health official said on Monday, as news emerged the dru stanley mugg gmaker is also facing supply problems elsewhere.In a sign of the EUs frustratio vaso stanley n 鈥?after Pfizer also announced a temporary slowdown in vaccine supplies earlier in January 鈥?EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides proposed forcing drugmakers to register in advance their Covid-19 vaccine exports, so the stanley thermos mug bloc can keep track of what they are doing.AstraZeneca, which developed its shot with Oxford University, told the EU on Friday it could not meet agreed supply targets up to the end of March.An EU official involved in the talks told Reuters that meant a 60 per cent cut to 31 million doses, a blow to the bloc which was already facing criticism for lagging the United States and Britain with its vaccination campaign.After Fridays unexpected announcement, the EU asked AstraZeneca to find flexible ways to deliver doses and urged it to disclose vaccine production and distribution data. The answers of the company have not been satisfactory so far, Kyriakides said after a meeting with the company, adding a new meeting would be held later in the day.Earlier on Monday, the head of the EU executive Ursula von der Leyen had a call with AstraZenecas chief Pascal Soriot to remind him of the firms commitments.A spokesman for AstraZeneca said Soriot told von der Leyen the company was doing everything it Kwca Oil rises on Mideast tensions but virus concerns weigh
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