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The EMA is among agencies assessing the AZ vaccine safety issues • Source: Alamy

Moderna, Inc.’s RNA-1273 has become the first COVID-19 vaccine to receive a conditional marketing authorization (CMA) in Great Britain under a new mechanism introduced at the beginning of the year.

It has also just been launched in Wales, with the first doses to be administered from the West Wales General...

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