Until now, the EU has treated the prices as a trade secret, and a member of the Belgian government has accidentally exposed them to Twitter.

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Eva de Bleeker, Belgian Secretary of State for Finance, has posted a table on Twitter showing the prices of vaccines purchased by the European Union, writes Politician. Since then, the message has been deleted.

The European Commission has previously stated that the price of individual vaccines is a trade secret and should not be disclosed. However, civilians and MEPs have demanded the data, since the vaccine is bought with taxpayer money.

The Commission has signed contracts with six manufacturers and a seventh is still under negotiation. It is up to each country to decide which vaccine to request.

According to accidental data, the EU buys the vaccine by dose at prices ranging between € 1.78 and $ 18, and US companies report in dollars and European companies in euros. The prices are exactly the following:

  • Oxford / AstraZeneca: EUR 1.78
  • Johnson & Johnson, $ 8.50
  • Sanofi / GSK: EUR 7.56
  • BioNTech / Pfizer: 12 EUR
  • CureVac: 10 EUR
  • Modern: 18 USD

Belgium also ordered 33 million doses for a total of 179 million euros.



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