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

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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. . 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