I’d suspect so, there is always overlap in a supply chain, even if it’s just imports and exports of chemicals and materials from one jurisdiction to another as the EU and Britain now are, but there is the plant in Wrexham now and imagine the bulk is done the fillings Tubey correctly said, so the actual vaccine doesn’t have to cross the border anymore. I think it will be clear soon enough, with what the EU are planning from a customs point of view.
All in all, it’s a good thing this is happening.
Like Pfizer the best thing that can happen here, is the EU work with AZ to support the supply chain like they did with Pifzer last week, that was sorted at break neck. Reading between the lines though, I think the EU want to give a few kicks before they resolve this, because it’s likely they have been stitched up to some degree, even if it was ethical to do so, that’s just my read.
If they have diverted doses to the UK, I don’t really blame AZ either, it is a pandemic, people are dying, the EU only granted authorisation today, I’d have no problem with AZ prioritising the British market who authorised it almost a month ago and hope it protected and saved many lives, it couldn’t be sold in Europe. The UK need it, the have had a horrible time and people are dying and the vaccine is to important to be left on the shelf in that context.
A lot of what we are seeing is kicks being thrown to establish position in the new Brexit world order, warning to other vaccine producers, but will eventually settle down after a week of tensions and the EU will pull what they did with Pfizer and magically fix and increase the supply chain, we will all be good.
