“EMA is currently evaluating the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine under a rolling review process.

EMA will assess the compliance of Sputnik V with the usual EU standards, any recommendation will be based on scientific evidence confirming the safety, quality and effectiveness of the vaccine, and nothing else, ”the EMA said.

The gradual examination will continue until enough evidence is collected to submit a formal application for authorization, they added.

4 it became known that the European Medicines Agency has begun a procedure for the sequential examination of the registration dossier "Sputnik V".