A lawyer for the European Union on Wednesday accused AstraZeneca of not respecting its contract with the 27-nation bloc for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines and of failing to warn it in time of large cuts to deliveries. The EU took the Anglo-Swedish firm to court in April after the company said it would aim to deliver only 100 million doses of its vaccine by the end of June, instead of the 300 million foreseen in the supply contract.<br />'' <br />''EU's lawyer Rafael Jafferali, told a Brussels court that AstraZeneca had not delivered to the bloc the 50 million doses produced in factories that are listed in the contract as suppliers to the EU, including 39 million doses manufactured in Britain. The EU wants the company to deliver at least 120 million vaccines by the end of June.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">AstraZeneca has maintained that doses produced in Britain were reserved under a contract the British government signed with the University of Oxford, which developed the vaccine.</span><br />