UK poised to become first country to approve Pfizer vaccine: Bloomberg

Written by Ruchika Sharma Published On 2020-11-30T15:23:28+05:30 | Updated On 30 Nov 2020 5:42 PM IST

UK poised to become first country to approve Pfizer vaccine: Bloomberg

New Delhi: The UK is poised to become the first country to approve Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's Covid-19 vaccine. Clearance is possible as soon as early this week, according to a person familiar with the situation. The UK had long signalled it would move fast on any promising vaccine candidate, and British doctors have been put on standby for a possible rollout before Christmas.

The British government last week invoked a special rule allowing its drug regulator to bypass the EU counterpart. And the UK's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has started its own accelerated review.

"We hope, subject to the regulatory approvals, to be in a position to be able to have rolled out the vaccine sufficiently by, say, the spring to enable us to have a big change in the way we approach things," UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab said on a BBC show on Sunday. Raab said he hoped that vaccine roll-out could begin "before Christmas."

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Source : Bloomberg

Ruchika Sharma

Ruchika Sharma joined Medical Dialogue as an Correspondent for the Business Section in 2019. She covers all the updates in the Pharmaceutical field, Policy, Insurance, Business Healthcare, Medical News, Health News, Pharma News, Healthcare and Investment. She has completed her B.Com from Delhi University and then pursued postgraduation in M.Com. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in Contact no. 011-43720751