Eu­ro­pean Com­mis­sion says it does­n't have texts be­tween pres­i­dent Ur­su­la von der Leyen and Pfiz­er CEO Al­bert Bourla

Un­der fire from the Eu­ro­pean om­buds­man, the Com­mis­sion said on Wednes­day that it hasn’t found any text mes­sages be­tween pres­i­dent Ur­su­la von der Leyen and Pfiz­er chief Al­bert Bourla re­gard­ing the pur­chase of Covid-19 vac­cines.

The mes­sages be­came of in­ter­est last April, when the New York Times re­port­ed that a se­ries of texts and calls be­tween von der Leyen and Bourla led to Pfiz­er’s largest vac­cine deal — 900 mil­lion dos­es of the cur­rent vac­cine and a vac­cine adapt­ed to vari­ants, with the op­tion to pur­chase an ad­di­tion­al 900 mil­lion dos­es through 2023.

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