EU drug regulator: still unclear if COVID-19 shots need tweaking for Omicron

Reuters2021-12-21

Dec 21 (Reuters) - The European Union's drug regulator is prepared for the possibility that COVID-19 vaccines may be tweaked to fight the new Omicron variant although there is no evidence yet that it will be necessary, the agency's chief said on Tuesday.

"There is no answer whether we will need to adapt vaccines," European Medicines Agency's (EMA) executive director Emer Cook said in a media briefing.

She said the agency needs more data on vaccine efficacy, the variant's transmissibility and the severity of disease it causes.

Cook said did not think the world would still be in a pandemic a year ago when the agency gave the regulatory greenlight for the vaccine developed by Pfizer -BioNTech, the first in the region.

The European Union has the capacity to make 300 million doses of vaccines per month as drugmakers have ramped up output to meet growing demand for its 450 million population, she said.

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Comments

  • PearlynCSY
    2021-12-22
    PearlynCSY
    WHO says Omicron in 89 countries and spreading rapidly. Cases doubling every 1.5 to three days if there is community transmission but clinical severity of variant unknown. Better to stay safe and err on the safe side
    • robot1234: 
      Many days ago already in more than 108 countries
    • PearlynCSY: 
      Tks for sharing
    • nuzzle: 
      Don't worry, the epidemic will be over soon. The global economy will recover soon.
  • Chonky
    2021-12-22
    Chonky
    Ok
  • AricLo
    2021-12-22
    AricLo
    Ok
  • SteadyDoesIt
    2021-12-21
    SteadyDoesIt
    If boosters aren’t taken, updated vaccines will be needed.  Eventually will need an update just like flu
  • AcidIce
    2021-12-21
    AcidIce
    I think Pfizer is going to CRASH down until USD$50 first before anything good can happen....!!
  • WSOP
    2021-12-21
    WSOP
    Ok
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