COVID-19 vaccines could get green light from EU regulator late 2020, early 2021

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The clarification came after EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said last week that the watchdog could give the green light for vaccines tested by Pfizer-BioNTech and by Moderna before the end of December, Medical Express reported.

"It is difficult to predict timelines for the authorization of vaccines precisely at this stage, as the data are still coming in and the rolling reviews are currently ongoing," the European Medicines Agency said in an emailed statement to AFP.

COVID-19 vaccines could get the green light from EU regulator late 2020, early 2021 Photo: Economictimes

"Depending on how the evaluation progresses, EMA could indeed be in a position to conclude evaluation for the most advanced candidates towards the end of this year or the beginning of next."

The Amsterdam-based EMA is carrying out "rolling reviews" designed to speed up vaccine approval times on three candidates: Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Oxford University-AstraZeneca.

UK may give go-ahead to Pfizer covid-19 vaccine by end of week

Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine could be given the green light for distribution across the UK by the end of this week, reports claim.

The UK regulator is reportedly about to open its formal appraisal into the jab, which has been declared 95% effective by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and BioNTech SE.

A Government source told The Telegraph on Sunday that in a ‘best case scenario’ the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), could sign off on the vaccine in less than a week.

The Pfizer jab could be signed off by the end of this week if the MHRA approves it Photo: AFP

It added that NHS staff have been told to prepare to administer doses for those most at risk from the virus by December 1.

Britons could also receive the vaccine before their American counterparts, reported the newspaper, as the US’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not scheduled to meet until December 10 to discuss the jab.

If it is approved, the UK expects to receive 10 million doses by the end of the year. This would be enough to vaccinate 5 million people as two doses are needed per person.

China will fulfil its promise to make its vaccines a global public good, FM says Beijing will also ‘contribute to the accessibility and affordability of the vaccines in developing countries’, Wang Yi says.

China rapidly expands use of experimental COVID-19 vaccines The city of Jiaxing, south of Shanghai, is offering a vaccine under development by Sinovac.

Vietnam to order COVID-19 vaccines from Russia and UK Vietnam has ordered batches of COVID-19 vaccines from several foreign partners, including Russia and the UK, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang confirmed Thursday ...