. @AstraZeneca and @UniofOxford announced yesterday that their potential COVID-19 vaccine is 70% effective, and has the highest projected production capacity worldwide. This is great news. But...

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While @AstraZeneca has said it won't profit from the vaccine during the pandemic and has stated prices ranging from US$3 to $4 per dose – the lowest so far...

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... terms of a deal disclosed by the @FT show that there are limits to @AstraZeneca’s public ‘no profit’ commitments.

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. @AstraZeneca has given itself the right to declare that the pandemic is over as soon as July 2021, meaning that they could charge whatever price they like after this date. These details matter, and we don’t know what else is hiding in these agreements.

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. @AstraZeneca and @UniofOxford have received over one billion dollars of public money to research, develop and manufacture this vaccine. It’s high time that the public has in their hands all the information needed to hold them to account.

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We cannot rely on the good intentions of pharmaceutical corporations any longer during this pandemic.

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If @AstraZeneca is truly committed to non-profit pricing and equitable access, they must open up their books now and share transparently all R&D, clinical trial, manufacturing costs and product price breakdowns, as well as make public all licenses and agreements.

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