UK Casts Wider Net With Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine

Longer Time Lag Between Two Doses Will Maximize Vaccination Outreach

The UK MHRA has crunched the safety and effectiveness data on the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and permitted its use by even more people.

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The UK medicines regulator has expanded the use of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine in women who are pregnant and breastfeeding when beneficial, and in people with known allergies. It has also made changes to the vaccine’s dosing interval - allowing a potentially longer time gap between the two doses that need to be administered.

The changes mean even more people are now eligible to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech jab, June Raine, chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory

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