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EU Explains Plans To Speed Up Variant Vaccine Approvals

New EMA Expert Group Will Probe AZ Vaccine Blood Clot Issue

 
• By Ian Schofield

The EU institutions are taking steps to preserve the effectiveness of existing vaccines in the face of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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Variants of the coronavirus are causing a surge in infections in Europe • Source: Shutterstock

The European Commission has issued draft legislation to speed up the approval of COVID-19 vaccines that have been modified to tackling emerging variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The “delegated regulation” – published on 24 March – will “allow companies to focus on gathering the necessary evidence in...

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