No 10 and regulator contradict Hancock's 'because of Brexit' Covid vaccine claim
by Peter Walker Political correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#5B48K)
Speedy approval for Pfizer/BioNTech jab was possible under existing European law
Both Downing Street and the UK's medicines regulator have contradicted a claim by Matt Hancock that Brexit helped the UK become the first western country to license a vaccine against coronavirus.
The health secretary asserted on Wednesday morning that because of Brexit" the UK had been able to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, rather than wait for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to do so.
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