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Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution' by DoingIsLearning on Monday March 15, 2021 @11:51AM (#26467434)
To be fair, I think the contract between AZ and Oxford University actually restricts them from making a profit for a period of N months/years.

So they are only technically allowed to adjust the price to take into account the different operational costs depending on the manufacturing site.

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Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution' by signal11 on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:07PM (#26467704)
I believe AZ have said they will not profit off the vaccine until the pandemic ends. The interesting thing is that they may get to decide when that happens.[1]

[1] https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/astrazeneca-puts-a-time-...

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Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution' by hef19898 on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:36PM (#26468171)
From top of my head, not before June / July or when the WHO declares the end of the pandemic.
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Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution' by jonplackett on Monday March 15, 2021 @05:26PM (#26469300)
Yes I did know that (I’m just being silly really) but even so, PR is a cost and so they wouldn’t even be making any more profit!

I do think people aren’t giving AZ enough credit for doing it at cost though. Especially compared to the €50 per dose Pfizer initially quoted the EU!

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