Coronavirus Notebook: EU Launches Vaccine Monitoring Scheme, AZ Vows To Defend Itself Against Legal Action

The EMA has issued updated safety advice on AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, Vaxzevria, Valneva has decided to pursue vaccine supply deals with individual member states after a falling out with the European Commission, and Kazakhstan has begun administering the first doses of its domestically produced vaccine, QazVac.

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Kasakhstan is rolling out its own COVID-19 vaccine • Source: Alamy

A new project has been launched in Europe to strengthen the post-marketing monitoring of the safety, effectiveness and impact of coronavirus vaccines in real world circumstances.

Under the initiative. the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control will jointly coordinate and...

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