EU regulator brings forward Covid vaccine ruling after German pressure
by Kate Connolly in Berlin from on (#5BP2T)
Ruling on Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine brought forward to 21 December
The EU drug regulator has brought forward its ruling on the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine after Germany made it clear it wanted approval before Christmas.
The Amsterdam-based European Medicines Agency's announcement that it will meet on 21 December instead of 29 December to decide whether to authorise the shot followed a growing backlash from desperate EU countries, with the German health minister, Jens Spahn, saying that the agency risked losing the trust of EU citizens if it did not act fast.
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