A Conservative MP says the president of the Canadian arm of AstraZeneca couldn’t answer questions at a parliamentary committee as to why the company asked for clauses to be shielded from liability for vaccine-related injuries.
“‘Indemnification clauses’ protect manufacturers of #vaccines from liability. Today at the Foreign Affairs Committee the President of @AstraZenecaCA could not answer basic questions about why indemnification clauses were asked for and how they apply,” MP Garnett Genuis said in a tweet on April 25.
In his social media post, Genuis shared a video of his exchange with the president of AstraZeneca Canada, Kiersten Combs, who appeared before the committee as it studied issues surrounding vaccine equity and intellectual property rights.
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