Pfizer / BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine has been cleared in the UK, where it will be available as early as "next week", a government spokesperson said on Wednesday
Pfizer / BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine has been cleared in the UK, where it will be available as early as "next week," a government spokesperson said on Wednesday.
“The government today accepted the recommendation of the Independent Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to approve the use of Pfizer / BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine,” said one ministry spokesperson, saying "the vaccine will be available across the UK from next week."
"The UK is the first country in the world to have a clinically approved vaccine," said Health Minister Matt Hancock in a tweet.
95% efficiency
The green light from UK authorities "follows months of rigorous clinical trials and extensive data analysis by MHRA experts who concluded the vaccine met its strict standards for safety, quality and efficacy." , said the spokesperson for the ministry.
The results of large-scale testing of this vaccine have shown 95% efficacy.
Priority people to receive the vaccine include residents of nursing homes, caregivers, the elderly and the most vulnerable.
The boss of Pfizer hailed him in a statement a "historic moment".
For its part, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Tuesday that it would hold an extraordinary meeting on December 29 "at the latest" to give, or not, its green light to the marketing of the vaccine against the Covid-19 from Pfizer and BioNTech.