Romania has to pay over €600 million to Pfizer for 28 million vaccine doses it did not purchase.

Omissions

• The payment arises from a Brussels Court of First Instance ruling reported in early April 2026; the court ordered Romania both to take delivery of the doses and to pay Pfizer, rejecting Romania's arguments about the contract terms.
• The €600 million is the court-ordered amount; Romanian PM Bolojan stated the total owed to Pfizer including interest had reached RON 3.5 billion (about €686 million).
• The MEP's characterization of the contract clauses as 'hidden' and the framing that Romania 'did not buy' the doses reflect a political interpretation (Romania terminated delivery and payment of the surplus doses) rather than a neutral description.
• No primary official source (Romanian government, court judgment text, or Pfizer statement) was located within the search limit; verification rests on multiple independent secondary outlets.

Sources

• SecondaryEuractivThe ruling ordered Warsaw to pay around €1.3 billion and Bucharest around €600 million for undelivered doses, according to the statement from...
• SecondaryBalkan InsightPoliticians accuse each other of poor planning and mismanagement after a Brussels court orders Romania to pay more than 600 million euros for unclaimed COVID-19 vaccines from US pharma giant Pfizer.
• SecondaryRomania InsiderTotal payments Romania owed to Pfizer at this moment, including interest, reached RON 3.5 billion (EUR 686 million), PM Bolojan said.
• SecondaryEuractivRomania, the case stems from the country's decision to terminate the delivery and payment of approximately 28 million surplus vaccine doses
• SecondaryFiercePharmaPoland, Romania must pay Pfizer $2.2B in fight over contested COVID vaccine doses: Belgian court ... 600 million ($691 million), according to...