EU seeks to access AstraZeneca vaccines produced in U.S.- FT

March 6 (Reuters) - The European Union will urge the United
States to permit the export of millions of doses of
AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to Europe, underlining
Brussels' scramble to bridge supply shortfalls, the Financial
Times reported on Saturday.

The EU also wants Washington to ensure the free flow of
shipments of crucial vaccine ingredients needed in European
production, according to the FT.

"We trust that we can work together with the U.S. to ensure
that vaccines produced or bottled in the U.S. for the fulfilment
of vaccine producers' contractual obligations with the EU will
be fully honoured,” the newspaper quoted the European Commission
as saying.
(Reporting by Ann Maria Shibu in Bengaluru
Editing by Mark Heinrich)