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Pfizer sues Romania for refusal to purchase agreed quantity of Anti-Covid-19 vaccines

Pfizer and BioNTech have taken the difficult decision to initiate official proceedings against Romania to make it respect its commitments for the orders of vaccines for COVID-19 placed by the Government as part of the supply contract of the European Union, signed in May 2021, states Andrew Widger, Pfizer’s senior director of Global Media Relations, in an answer sent to Romanian news platform News.ro.

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The Romanian Health Minister Alexandru Rafila states that Pfizer’s notice of summons before the court in Brussels for the anti-COVID vaccines was received by mail and that it is a situation that is not unexpected, considering that the same thing happened in the case of two other EU states, Poland and Hungary. The minister stated that enormous amounts of anti-COVID vaccine were contracted that Romania was not using, a situation that could not be accepted and was not even moral in this context, specifying that Romania should have ordered and received 28 million vaccine doses from Pfizer. According to Rafila, the government will look for a law firm, and Romania will try to coordinate with Poland from the point of view of the arguments against this contract. In this sense, they have already met with the Polish ambassador, News.ro reports.

Following a prolonged breach of contractual commitments and a period of good faith discussions between the parties, Pfizer and BioNTech have taken the difficult decision to initiate formal proceedings against Romania.

Pfizer and BioNTech aim to get Romania to meet its commitments for the orders of vaccines for COVID-19 placed by the Government of Romania as part of the European Union supply contract signed in May 2021.

Pfizer and BioNTech believe it is important that all parties honor their contractual obligations under the agreement that facilitated Europe’s successful response to the pandemic.

Pfizer and BioNTech continue to support this response and remain committed to providing vaccines for COVID-19 in accordance with their contractual agreements and the interest of public health.

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