UPDATE 1-EU states back spending up to $2.7 billion upfront on COVID-19 vaccines <!-- no image --> <div>* Big EU governments maintain parallel talks with drugmakers (adds quotes, details, context)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=hkwG539PLzs:Yo2O9aAIwTg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=hkwG539PLzs:Yo2O9aAIwTg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=hkwG539PLzs:Yo2O9aAIwTg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=hkwG539PLzs:Yo2O9aAIwTg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=hkwG539PLzs:Yo2O9aAIwTg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/hkwG539PLzs" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters