BERLIN, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The European Union's contract
with AstraZeneca for its COVID-19 vaccine contains
binding orders, EU Commision Head Ursula von der Leyen said on
Friday, demanding a plausible explanation from the drugmaker for
delivery hold-ups.
Von der Leyen told Deutschlandfunk radio the best-effort
delivery cause in the contract was only valid as long as it was
not clear whether AstraZeneca could develop a vaccine.
She said the contract contained very clear delivery amounts
for December and the first three quarters of 2021, and also
mentioned four production sites, two of which are in Britain.
"There are binding orders and the contract is crystal
clear," she said.
(Reporting by Caroline Copley; editing by Thomas Seythal)