Leaked documents show that the European Commission put pressure on the European Medicines Agency to approve the first Covid-19 vaccines simultaneously with the American FDA. This happened when the regulator still had serious questions about the purity of the vaccine. According to the European Medicines Agency, in a press release issued on 15 January, confidential …
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New innovative medicines should be made available to European citizens more quickly. That is why the European Medicines Agency updates the process for market authorisation. Anthony Humphreys sighs when asked what the new strategy means for doctors. ‘What can I possibly say?’ The former pharmacist from Ireland is responsible for EMA’s ‘Regulatory Science to 2025’ …
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