(Adds Austria on postponement, AstraZeneca no comment)
BRUSSELS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A meeting between AstraZeneca
and the European Union to discuss COVID-19 vaccine
supplies scheduled for Wednesday was postponed by the firm by a
day, Austria's health minister said.
"AstraZeneca has postponed today's round of negotiations
until tomorrow. From my point of view that is not a big
problem," Rudolf Anschober told reporters, repeating that the
drugmaker should supply the number of vaccine doses originally
agreed with the EU.
AstraZeneca had no comment.
An EU official said earlier the company had cancelled
Wednesday's meeting. The official added the EU was asking the
company to provide further explanations about its announcement
to cut vaccine deliveries to the EU in the first quarter.
(Reporting by Francesco Guarascio @fraguarascio in Brussels and
Francois Murphy in Vienna, editing by Louise Heavens and Nick
Macfie)