AstraZeneca reaffirms meeting with EU still on for January 27

AstraZeneca's logo. Credit: Reuters Photo

Astrazeneca said on Wednesday that a meeting between the British drugmaker and European Union representatives to discuss Covid-19 vaccine supplies would go ahead as planned on Wednesday.

"We are meeting with the EU later today," a company spokesman said in a written statement.

Austria's Health Minister Rudolf Anschober earlier told reporters that the company had postponed negotiations over a shortfall in vaccine deliveries until Thursday.

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