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THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES Agency (EMA) has received an application for approval of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
A decision on the conditional marketing authorisation of the vaccine could be issued by 29 January, the EMA said.
The assessment of the vaccine will proceed under an accelerated timeline. If approved, it would be the third Covid-19 vaccine given the green light in the EU after Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna.
A conditional marketing authorisation results in a fast-tracked approval during public health emergencies valid throughout all EU member states.
Good news! @AstraZeneca has applied to @EMA_News to have its vaccine authorised in the EU. @EMA_News will assess the vaccine’s safety & efficacy.
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) January 12, 2021
Once the vaccine receives a positive scientific opinion, we will work full speed to authorise its use in Europe.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described this as “good news” on Twitter.
“Once the vaccine receives a positive scientific opinion, we will work full speed to authorise its use in Europe,” she said.
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine was approved for use in the UK late last month.
This speedy evaluation process is possible because the EMA has already reviewed some data on the vaccine during a rolling review.
I’ll reserve judgement till after I see what they actually do but the chronological, unfiltered nature of the feed is the reason I use twitter and don’t have a Facebook account. If they change it too much there’s a good chance that I’ll just leave
no you won’t
I absolutely hate seeing stupid tweets from advert type users!
Me too. Which is why I block and report them as spam. Everyone one of them.
But how will this help me to troll people?
Twitter’s search is heaven in comparison to fb’s unmitigated disaster.
Twitter? More like poo
Wow..Massive tease…. Almost have a caps lock goin on… (•_•)
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