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 ...

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Takeda receives positive CHMP opinion recommending approval of Dengue vaccine candidate in EU and Dengue endemic countries

14 October 2022 - TAK-003 recommended for the prevention of Dengue disease caused by any Dengue virus serotype in individuals four ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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Merck receives positive CHMP opinion for Vaxneuvance (pneumococcal 15 valent conjugate vaccine) in infants and children

16 February 2022 - Merck announced today that the EMA’s CHMP has recommended the approval of Vaxneuvance (pneumococcal 15 valent conjugate ...

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Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine granted expanded conditional marketing authorisation in the European Union for use as a booster for adults aged 18 and older

12 September 2022 - Nuvaxovid is now authorised in the EU for use in adults aged 18 and older as ...

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Adapted vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron variants and original SARS-CoV-2 recommended for approval

12 September 2022 - The EMA’s CHMP has recommended authorising an adapted bivalent vaccine targeting the Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and ...

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EMA refused rolling review of SK Bioscience's COVID-19 vaccine

7 September 2022 - The EMA refused a rolling review of SK Bioscience's COVID-19 vaccine, SKYCovine, due to “changing pandemic ...

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ECDC-EMA statement on booster vaccination with Omicron adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccines

6 September 2022 - The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Medicines Agency have issued a ...

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Sanofi sees EU regulatory decision on its COVID booster in weeks

5 September 2022 - The European Union's drugs regulator may be a few weeks from deciding whether to approve the ...

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EMA CHMP adopts positive opinion recommending authorisation for the use of Moderna's Omicron targeting bivalent booster in the European Union

1 September 2022 - Study results show mRNA-1273.214 has demonstrated significantly higher antibody titers against Omicron BA.1 and BA.4/5 sub-variants when ...

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First adapted COVID-19 booster vaccines recommended for approval in the EU

1 September 2022 - The EMA’s CHMP has recommended authorising two vaccines adapted to provide broader protection against COVID-19.  ...

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Pfizer and BioNTech complete submission to EMA for Omicron BA.4/BA.5 adapted bivalent vaccine

26 August 2022 - Submission follows application for Omicron BA.1 adapted bivalent vaccine submitted in July. ...

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Extra-ordinary meeting of the CHMP: 1 September 2022

23 August 2022 - This extra-ordinary meeting is organised to discuss the evaluation of two applications for adapted mRNA COVID-19 ...

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