On Friday 16 April, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) backed the European Commission’s proposal to fast-track regulatory approval of adapted vaccines against Covid-19 variants.
The proposal in question – a delegated regulation – will aim, in other words, to save time, if already authorised Covid-19 vaccines are modified in the future to be more effective against the variants and are then approved in their new form.
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