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EU countries are preparing for a vaccination contract for their citizens. A vaccination point built for the arena was piloted on Thursday in Bamberg, Germany. ZUMAWIRE / MVPHOTOS

Until now, confidential price information on EU coronary vaccine contracts has accidentally ended up in the public domain.
The figures came to light when the Secretary of State for the Budget in Belgium, Eva De Bleeker, tweeted a picture of the vaccine price list on Thursday. According to De Bleeker, the publication was a mistake made by his communications team, and the tweet was soon removed. However, the Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN) had time to take a screenshot of the table.
The European Commission procures coronary vaccines centrally for the needs of EU member states and has negotiated prices with six pharmaceutical companies that make vaccines. However, the Commission has refused to publish price information, citing the confidentiality of the negotiations. Several European NGOs and politicians have called for disclosure because taxpayers' money is being traded.
The table published by De Bleeker shows that there are significant variations in the prices of vaccines from different manufacturers. The prices per vaccine dose are as follows:

• Oxford / AstraZeneca: € 1.78 (EU reserves 300 million doses)
  
• Johnson & Johnson: $ 8.50 (€ 6.94, EU sets aside 200 million servings)
  
• Sanofi / GSK: € 7.56 (EU reserves 300 million doses)
  
• CureVac: € 10 (EU reserves 225 million doses)
  
• Pfizer / BioNTech: € 12 (EU reserves 200 million doses)
  
• Moderna: $ 18 (€ 14.7, EU reserves 80 million servings)
  

In total, therefore, coronary vaccination costs between EUR 3.56 and EUR 29.4 per inhabitant in an EU Member State, as two doses of vaccine must be taken.
Of the manufacturers, at least AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have previously said they are not seeking financial gain with the coroner vaccine. Their products are the cheapest of the EU agreements. Pfizer and Moderna, which have priced their vaccines the most, have instead openly admitted that they want to make money with their products.
“The vaccine is, of course, priced very, well, very much less than the value it brings to society,” Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said in the summer.


Secretary of State Eva De Bleeker's communications tax revealed the prices of coronary vaccines. Picture from October. ZUMAWIRE / MVPHOTOS
Finland involved in all
Each EU country handles its vaccine orders within the framework of EU agreements. According to De Bleeker's tweet, Belgium, for example, with a population of around 11.5 million, plans to buy 33.5 million doses of vaccine this year for € 279 million.
Finland is involved in all six EU vaccine procurement agreements. Vaccinations are scheduled to begin with a product from Pfizer and BioNTech on December 27, if the vaccine is pre-authorized. The state provides vaccines to anyone who wants to.
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In Belgium, opposition parties are now worried about possible sanctions on the country over De Bleeker’s tweet. However, according to the Secretary of State, the error does not in any way jeopardize the supply of vaccines to Belgium.
The European Commission commented on the leak, saying only that vaccine price information was confidential.
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