Pfizer’s Breaches, PRO’s Hard Wing Preferred Vaccine

“I feel like there were more hurdles Pfizer put in by not signing the contract than we put in place because they knew they couldn’t fulfill it.”, said in dialogue with Pedro Rosemblat.

In this sense, the journalist Andrea Gentile took stock of the inconvenience that countries have had with BioNtech-Pfizer.

Mexico: In January of this year, they stopped receiving Pfizer vaccines for three weeks and the López Obrador government had to communicate that in addition to the delay in delivery, they would receive 50% fewer doses.

Panama: On May 18, they were due to receive around 110,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine, but on the same day of delivery, the company informed them that they could not comply because they were having problems with shipping logistics. For the moment, this delivery has not been rescheduled and is pending.

Brazil: The Health Ministry published the contract that the Brazilian state signed with Pfizer, as set out in its constitution, but then had to withdraw it at the behest of the pharmaceutical company. In the document they specify that the payment of doses will be made in advance and without any commitment to deliver on the scheduled date, so it cannot be penalized. In addition, it includes the loss of sovereign state immunity and establishes jurisdiction in New York to deal with conflicts, among other issues.

Ecuador: President Lenín Moreno complained to pharmaceutical companies about the delay in sending doses. The Ecuadorian government has already paid some $ 75 million in advance for the acquisition of the vaccines: 20% of the value negotiated with Pfizer, Sinovac and AstraZeneca.

Italy: Pfizer has reduced dose deliveries, slowing the vaccination campaign and ranking the country eighth in the world in terms of dose delivery.

Spain: In addition to the delays, in March, the Department of Health announced that some 7,000 doses of Pfizer’s vaccine had been lost.

Denmark: in January of this year, they had to paralyze the vaccination plan due to the supply delay confirmed by Pfizer.

It also affected the European Union He had also acquired doses to be distributed among its members and was not exempt from the failings of the American laboratory, at the time from Norway they had communicated: “we do not know for the moment how long it will take exactly to Pfizer to resume its maximum production capacity, which will drop from 1,300 to 2,000 million doses. The temporary reduction will affect all European countries. “

The Norwegian institute did not give details of the extent of the supply reduction, but gave data for the country, which will receive 36,075 of the 43,875 doses planned for next week, or 17.8 % less, the news agency reported. AFP.