Coronavirus Notebook: EMA Reviews Safety Of All Four Approved Vaccines, EU Buys Big On Comirnaty

Calls grow for a relaxation of IP on COVID-19 vaccines as interest groups pile the pressure on the UK government and the Pope gives his blessing to the proposed waiver.

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The safety profiles of some COVID-19 vaccines are in the spotlight • Source: Alamy

The European Medicines Agency’s drug safety committee has issued recommendations on all four of the EU-approved COVID-19 vaccines: Pfizer/BioNTech’s Comirnaty, AstraZeneca/Oxford University’s Vaxzevria, COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna, and COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen.

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