Freedom of Information request on the contracts between the MHRA and the COVID-19 vaccine suppliers (FOI 21/1377)
Published 31 May 2022
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FOI 21/1377
31st December 2021
Dear,
Thank you for your email.
Regarding your request for information on all contracts you have made on our behalf with Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson and AstraZeneca for the Covid vaccine. This includes and is not limited to the procurement and any other dealings such as suppression of the use of other medicines to combat covid-19 and covid-21 aka omicron. The release date for the data from them after the trial.
MHRA do not hold any contracts with the vaccine suppliers for the procurement of any of the vaccines. The requester should contact DHSC for this information.
MHRA do not have contracts with the vaccine suppliers for the “suppression of the use of other medicines to combat covid-19 and covid-21 aka omicron.”
MHRA do not regulate contracts we would advise you to contact Department of Health and Social Care, DHSC for this information. https://contactus.dhsc.gov.uk/
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