DISINFO: Top EU officials issued pressure on the European Medicines Agency for approving the Pfizer vaccine
SUMMARY
Top-level representatives of the European Union interfered in the process of approval of a vaccine against the coronavirus, thus potentially harming the reputation of the European Medicines Agency.
Despite the specialists’ warnings, EU repeatedly demanded a swift certification of the vaccine of the Pfizer and BioNTech. The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, categorically demanded the vaccine to be approved before the end of the year.
RESPONSE
This is part of a disinformation campaign aiming to discredit Western vaccines.
The claim about European Medicines Agency (EMA) is presented without any evidence or sources. On the 21st of December 2020, the European medicines Agency recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for the first COVID-19 vaccine to be used in the EU. Vaccine development for COVID-19 vaccines is being fast-tracked in the EU and globally. Development is compressed in time, applying the extensive knowledge on vaccine production gained with existing vaccines. Read more about the fast-track vaccine development in public health emergency here.
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