CEO says AstraZeneca didn’t overpromise on COVID-19 vaccine supplies
AstraZeneca’s chief executive said on Friday the drugmaker had not overpromised on its ability to supply COVID-19 vaccines around the world, as he defended big cuts in deliveries that prompted a lawsuit by the European Union.
Pascal Soriot told a media briefing that the company did its best to deliver as much as it could to the EU.
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“We never overpromised, we communicated what we thought we would achieve at the time,” he said.
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