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Novavax's Nuvaxovid receives positive CHMP opinion for full marketing authorisation for the prevention of COVID in the EU
26 May 2023 - Novavax today announced that Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373) has been recommended for full marketing authorisation for use as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2023
EMA and European medicines regulatory network lift COVID-19 business continuity status
10 May 2023 - EMA and the European medicines regulatory network are lifting their respective COVID-19 business continuity measures after successfully ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 May 2023
Statement from Emer Cooke on the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency
9 May 2023 - On Friday, the WHO Director General declared an end to the Public Health Emergency of International Concern ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2023
EMA recommends approval of Bimervax as a COVID-19 booster vaccine
30 March 2023 - The EMA’s CHMP has recommended authorising the COVID-19 vaccine Bimervax (previously COVID-19 Vaccine HIPRA) as a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2023
Merck and Ridgeback provide update on EU marketing authorisation application for Lagevrio (molnupiravir)
24 February 2023 - Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics today announced that the CHMP of the EMA has recommended the refusal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2022
ETF concludes that bivalent original/Omicron BA.4-5 mRNA vaccines may be used for primary vaccination
6 December 2022 - EMA’s Emergency Task Force considers that adapted mRNA bivalent vaccines targeting the original strain and Omicron ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Nov 2022
Pfizer and BioNTech receive positive CHMP opinion for Omicron BA.4/BA.5 adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster for children 5 through 11 years of age in European Union
10 November 2022 - Pfizer and BioNTech today announced a booster dose of their Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty Original/Omicron ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Nov 2022
Sanofi and GSK’s next-generation COVID-19 booster vaccine VidPrevtyn Beta approved by the European Commission
10 November 2022 - First and only next-generation protein-based adjuvanted COVID-19 booster approved in Europe. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Nov 2022
Vaxzevria receives full marketing authorisation in the EU for the prevention of COVID-19
1 November 2022 - AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, Vaxzevria (ChAdOx1-S [Recombinant]), has been granted full marketing authorisation in the European Union. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2022
EMA recommends approval of Comirnaty and Spikevax COVID-19 vaccines for children from 6 months of age
19 October 2022 - The EMA’s CHMP has recommended extending the use of Comirnaty and Spikevax targeting the original strain ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2022
EMA recommends approval of second adapted Spikevax vaccine
19 October 2022 - The EMA’s CHMP has recommended authorising an adapted Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron subvariants BA.4 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2022
European Medicines Agency accepts Moderna's conditional marketing authorisation filing for its Omicron BA.4/BA.5 targeting bivalent COVID-19 vaccine
28 September 2022 - Filing follows approval of Spikevax bivalent Original/Omicron BA.1 (mRNA-1273.214), a bivalent booster vaccine targeting the Omicron BA.1 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Sep 2022
EU health regulator says COVID pandemic not over
20 September 2022 - An official at the European Union's drugs regulator said on Tuesday the COVID-19 pandemic was not ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2022
EMA recommends standard marketing authorisations for Comirnaty and Spikevax COVID-19 vaccines
16 September 2022 - The EMA’s CHMP has recommended converting the conditional marketing authorisations of the COVID-19 vaccines Comirnaty (BioNTech/Pfizer’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2022
Take whatever COVID booster you can get, says head of EU drugs watchdog
14 September 2022 - People in Europe should take whatever COVID-19 booster is available to them in the coming months, ...