Coronavirus Notebook: EMA Issues Guidance On Development Of Variant Vaccines, EU Leaders Urge Production Ramp-Up

A batch of AstraZeneca/Oxford University coronavirus vaccines has arrived in Ghana, the first country in the world to receive vaccines via the COVAX Facility.   

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The European Medicines Agency has issued guidance outlining the regulatory requirements companies will need to meet if they plan to modify their coronavirus vaccines to address new SARS-CoV-2 variants.

The guidance was published on the same day that EU heads of state and government pledged to support efforts to increase vaccine production and R&D and to adjust vaccines...

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