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EU regulator in contact with 38 makers of potential Covid-19 vaccines

Vaccines must be authorised by EMA before they can be used in the European Union. No Covid-19 vaccine has been authorised in Europe

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The World Health Organisation lists 38 candidate vaccines in clinical evaluation, including shots developed in China and Russia.

Reuters BRUSSELS

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency has been in contact this month with 38 makers of potential COVID-19 vaccines, an official at the EU drugs regulator said on Tuesday.

"As of early September the EMA has been in contact with developers of 38 potential COVID-19 vaccines," Fergus Sweeney, head of clinical studies and manufacturing task force at EMA, told a hearing in the European Parliament.

Vaccines must be authorised by EMA before they can be used in the European Union. No COVID-19 vaccine has been authorised in Europe.

The World Health Organisation lists 38 candidate vaccines in clinical evaluation, including shots developed in China and Russia. Another 149 candidates are in pre-clinical evaluation.

 

Sweeney said EU procedures to authorise COVID-19 vaccines will follow established standards. He added that the EU was conducting enhanced monitoring on the safety of potential vaccines under development.

 

(Reporting by Francesco Guarascio; editing by Gareth Jones and Jason Neely)

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: Sep 22 2020 | 2:43 PM IST

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