Vaccine minister
Health secretary
“The vaccine in question would not get approval by the MHRA here in the UK.”
However, the health secretary assured that the government and the Scottish-based company are “working together to see what more we can do” for Scottish workers who will be impacted by the order cancellation.
News of the government cancelling the €1.65bn deal, over an alleged breach of its obligations, sent Valneva’s shares drastically southbound yesterday by as much as 45 per cent.
Zahawai said: “There are commercial sensitivities around this but we have a right to cancel the
The government initially ordered 100m doses of the French-Austrian firm’s vaccine, but upped it order by 40m in February.
The firm’s vaccine has not yet been approved for distribution by regulators, after beginning trials in December last year.
However,
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