Prognosis
Italy’s Draghi Pressures Big Pharma With Vaccine Target at Risk
- Premier in regular talks with drug company CEOs, officials say
- Rome under pressure on end-April target of 500,000 daily jabs
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Prime Minister Mario Draghi is raising pressure on drugmakers in a bid to speed up vaccine deliveries as Italy risks missing a key target in its inoculation campaign.
The former head of the European Central Bank is talking regularly to chief executive officers at vaccine makers in an attempt to obtain additional supplies and bring deliveries forward, according to officials who asked not to be named discussing confidential discussions. Draghi is acting within European Union efforts, the officials said.