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AstraZeneca vaccine to be delivered a week early following EU approval Following the announcement by the EMA, the Health Minister said an agreement had been reached for the vaccine to be delivered a week ahead of schedule - the week of February 8. The Oxford/Astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine. File picture Fri, 29 Jan, 2021 - 17:56 Steve Neville and Michelle McGlynn The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted conditional marketing authorisation for the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18. This is the third Covid-19 vaccine to be given the green light by the EMA. Following a thorough assessment of the data on the quality, safety and efficacy of the vaccine it has been recommended for a formal conditional marketing authorisation by the European Commission. ....
Many countries on the continent have been struggling to vaccinate people as quickly as Britain, Israel, the U.S. and elsewhere, and it was long hoped that the AstraZeneca shot would help speed things up at a time of surging cases in a pandemic that has taken the lives of more than 400,000 people in the bloc. The EU bet heavily on the shot, which is cheaper and easier to handle than some other vaccines, with orders for 300 million doses to be delivered after authorization and options for another 100 million doses. “None of them is a magic wand on its own, but together they provide tools and options to prevent different aspects of the disease,” said Emer Cooke, the head of the EMA. ....
BRUSSELS, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) The COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University was authorized for use by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the drug regulator of the European Union (EU), on Friday. The EMA said it had assessed the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine and recommended that a formal conditional marketing authorization be granted by the European Commission, the executive arm of the EU. With this third positive opinion, we have further expanded the arsenal of vaccines available to EU and EEA (European Economic Area) member states to combat the pandemic and protect their citizens, Emer Cooke, executive director of the EMA, said in a statement. ....
Ulrich Baumgarten / via Getty Images Originally published on January 29, 2021 3:02 pm Updated at 2:15 p.m. ET The European Union will soon start administering AstraZeneca s COVID-19 vaccine the third vaccine it has endorsed. The European Commission gave conditional authorization to the vaccine on Friday, hours after regulators recommended the move. The European Medicines Agency said the AstraZeneca vaccine will prevent the deadly coronavirus from affecting people who are at least 18 years old. The vaccine has been administered in the U.K. since early this month. I expect the company to deliver the 400 million doses as agreed, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. ....
The European Union last year agreed to buy up to 400 million doses of the vaccine. Europe urgently needs more shots to speed up its inoculation programme with Pfizer and Moderna also facing difficulties in delivering the quantities promised for the early months of the year. The AstraZeneca vaccine is cheaper and easier to store than the two already approved from Pfizer and Moderna. READ MORE AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot welcomed the decision. “Today’s recommendation underscores the value of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine which is not only effective and well-tolerated, but also easy to administer and, importantly, protects fully against severe disease and hospitalisations,” he said in a statement. ....