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Scrutiny is mounting on Swiss federal financial planning. Auditors have slammed multi-billion franc underestimations in railway upgrade costs, while the long-awaited publication of unredacted Covid vaccine contracts reveals the high price of securing early access.
Following a Federal Administrative Court ruling, the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) must publish its unredacted procurement contracts with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers, ending a long-standing debate over the secrecy of pandemic-era deals.
The Swiss government will not appeal a Federal Administrative Court decision ordering the disclosure of its COVID-19 vaccine purchase contracts. The Federal Office of Public Health stated that vaccine manufacturers may still appeal to protect commercial secrets.
Following a Federal Administrative Court decision, the Swiss government has announced it will not appeal and is now prepared to disclose its contracts for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines. The manufacturers involved may still appeal to protect their commercial secrets.
The Federal Administrative Court has ruled in favor of transparency, ordering the Swiss government to disclose the contracts it signed with pharmaceutical companies for the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines. The court rejected the government's arguments for keeping the details confidential.
The Federal Administrative Court has ruled that the Swiss government must make public its procurement contracts for COVID-19 vaccines with companies including Moderna and Novavax. The judgment upholds a freedom of information request, stating that no exceptional grounds for confidentiality were met.
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