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Pandemic Perspectives: US FDA Wastes No Time In COVID-19 Emergency Use Authorization Reviews

 
• By Sue Sutter

Since the WHO’s pandemic declaration, the agency has granted 10 EUAs for therapeutics and three for vaccines, all of which were reviewed in less than 90 days; EUA requests from government entities boast two of the three fastest review times but were revoked or limited in the face of emerging evidence.

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The FDA's average review time for COVID-19 vaccine EUAs is 22 days. • Source: Shutterstock

The US Food and Drug Administration has conducted speedy reviews of therapeutic and vaccine emergency use authorization requests during the COVID-19 pandemic but has been willing to make adjustments post-authorization when emerging data warrant.

Since the World Health Organization’s declaration on 11 March 2020 of a pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, the FDA has granted 10 EUA requests for drugs – either COVID-19

Pandemic Perspectives

One year on from the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic on 11 March 2020, editors across Informa Pharma Intelligence publications are taking a closer

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