EU preps legal action against AstraZeneca for COVID-19 vaccine shortfalls: report

AstraZeneca has maintained a rocky relationship with the European Union after failing to live up to its COVID-19 vaccine delivery expectations. Now, the two appear headed to court over the issue. The European Commission is reportedly readying legal proceedings against the vaccine developer for failing to provide its promised supply of COVID-19 doses to the region, Politico reports, citing six EU diplomats familiar with the matter. AstraZeneca originally committed to sending Europe 90 million doses of its vaccine in the first three months of the year. But after struggling to get its supply chain up to speed, the company knocked that projection down to 30 million.