In response to the Polish government’s failure to pay for more than 60 million COVID-19 doses, Pfizer has launched a lawsuit.
The multinational pharmaceutical company launched the action after Poland purportedly failed to fulfill its COVID-19 vaccination contract.
After Poland was forced to sign a contentious contract in 2021 by the European Commission, Poland was forced to purchase an excessive amount of vaccines.
Pfizer is requesting $1.5 billion in reimbursement for the 60 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine that Poland rejected.
Adam Niedzielski, the Polish health minister at the time, said in 2022 that Pfizer’s vaccine deliveries to his nation had ceased.
He stated that Poland included a force majeure clause in the agreement, arguing that the country’s increased influx of refugees from the conflict in Ukraine rendered it financially unable to fulfill the terms of the agreement.
Pfizer Sues Poland Because It Doesn't Want to Buy More COVID-19 Vaccineshttps://t.co/l4gKMChl3j
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Politico reported:
U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is taking the Polish government to court over missing payments for 60 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with BioNTech.
The lawsuit, which comes as Poland prepares for a change in government following its October election, marks the culmination of a 19-month struggle between Warsaw and Pfizer over a glut of vaccine doses.
But the roots of the clash can be traced back further: to the enormous 1.1 billion-dose contract the European Commission signed with Pfizer in 2021, which has become controversial for the reported exchange of text messages between Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla in the run-up to negotiations.
“Pfizer and BioNTech are seeking to hold Poland to its commitments for COVID-19 vaccine orders placed by the Polish Government, as part of their contract to supply the European Union signed in May 2021,” a spokesperson for Pfizer told POLITICO, adding that BioNTech is also joining the proceedings.
So you can’t sue Pfizer over their jabs but they can sue a country for refusal to take them?
Sounds about right in this clown world!
