Swine flu vaccine contracts "lacked get out clauses"

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The contracts negotiated by the UK government for a swine flu vaccine should have had get-out clauses to protect taxpayers' money, experts say.

An independent review, led by Dame Deirdre Hine, a former chief medical officer for Wales, said that was just one of the lessons that should be learned.

Some of the communications about the pandemic were confusing, it added.

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