Search Tag: European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Emas-conclusion-on-janssen-vaccine-and-blood-clots
2021 21 Apr
The European Medicines Agency has completed its safety review for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen giving conclusions similar to those on AstraZeneca’s Vaxzevria. You might also like: EMA announced that the single dose Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use in individuals 18 years of age and older in the European...Read more
Perfect-storm-for-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-in-eu
2021 14 Mar
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been the centre of attention in Europe over the past few days. Several countries has suspended its administration after reports of a number of thromboembolic events and several deaths. This has been exacerbated by the company’s inability to meet its contractual obligations in the EU on the medicine delivery....Read more
Ema-developments-for-sputnik-v-and-janssen-covid-19-vaccines
2021 05 Mar
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has launched a rolling review of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine and is convening to potentially finalise the COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen’s marketing authorisation. You might also like: The European Ombudsman is investigating the European Commission’s refusal to give public access to...Read more
Fda-mhra-revoke-covid-19-authorisations-for-hydroxychloroquine
2020 16 Jun
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has revoked its emergency use authorisation for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as treatments for COVID-19. The U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has followed suit, but Brazil criticised the decision and expanded the drugs’ use. You might also like: Warnings about Potential...Read more
Ema-fast-tracking-procedures-for-covid-19-medicines
2020 11 May
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published an overview of initiatives for acceleration of the regulatory procedures. This is aimed at making COVID-19-related medicines’ marketing authorisation available in the shortest possible timeframes. You may also like: COVID-19: No Approval for Chloroquine from EMA ...Read more