Europe set to approve COVID-19 vaccine in Christmas weekhttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-vaccine-ema-idUSKBN28P14HBERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europeans are set to start getting coronavirus vaccines before the new year after the regional drug regulator accelerated its approval process following the launch of immunisation campaigns in the United States and Britain.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said an expert panel would convene on Monday Dec. 21 to evaluate the vaccine made by U.S. company Pfizer and German partner BioNTech. It had previously said the meeting could be as late as Dec 29.
While EMA’s mandate is to issue recommendations on new medical treatments, the European Commission has the final say on approval and typically follows EMA’s advice.
Three weeks after the UK - a blessing from Brexit! And 10 days after the US FDA, showing what
Full Bureaucrat Speed means in
civilized countries.
