Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Approved for Use in the European Union

Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Approved for Use in the European Union

Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Approved for Use in the European Union.

It is the second vaccine to be green-lit by regulators in Europe.

Following the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

The European Commission authorized the vaccine on Wednesday following a recommendation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

The EMA made its recommendation earlier that day, saying it had “thoroughly assessed the data” and passed it on to the European Commission.

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EMA’s human medicines committee has thoroughly assessed the data on the quality, safety and efficacy of the vaccine and recommended by consensus a formal conditional marketing authorization be granted by the European Commission, EMA, via CNBC.

In a statement, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said the EU would gain an additional 160 million doses with “more vaccines [to] come.” .

Europe has secured up to two billion doses of potential COVID-19 vaccines … We’ll have more than enough safe and effective vaccines for protecting all Europeans, Ursula von der Leyen, via CNBC