EMA Pushes For More EU Support For COVID-19 Vaccine Work
Agency Will Be Transparent On Assessment Process & Clinical Data
Executive Summary
Preparing for the assessment and post-approval monitoring of COVID-19 vaccines is taking up a lot of resources at the EMA, which has called on the European Commission to provide more support for such activities. The agency has also confirmed that no data have yet been submitted for its planned rolling reviews of potential vaccines.
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