BIA Applauds UK Plan For Pre-Approval Use Of Coronavirus Vaccine
More Staff To Be Trained In Giving COVID-19 And Flu Vaccines
Executive Summary
The UK can already OK the use of unapproved products, but the government wants more certainty around the conditions that will be attached to any decision to make COVID-19 vaccines available before they have been licensed. Moves are also under way to reassure pharmaceutical companies about liability issues.
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