Accelerated vaccine updates for new variants

Summary

The European Parliament has approved a new regulation to accelerate the update of vaccines, particularly for COVID-19 variants. This allows developers to submit some data after an initial approval is granted.
9 28.04.2021
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Key points

  • The regulation enables faster updates to vaccine authorisations.
  • It focuses on human influenza and coronavirus vaccines to address new virus variants.
  • The regulation is based on specific provisions within the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use.
  • Developers can submit certain clinical or pharmaceutical data after the initial approval is granted.
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