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The European Medicines Agency EMA wants to present its opinion on the approval of the corona vaccine from the companies Biontech and Pfizer on December 21 - eight days earlier than last planned.
The authority announced on Tuesday in Amsterdam.
The approval of the EU Commission is considered certain.
The vaccine could be approved for the EU before Christmas.
In the USA and Great Britain, the vaccine from the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Biontech is already on the market with emergency approval.