Thomas Lingelbach, Valneva CEO

Covid-19 roundup: Val­ne­va runs in­to EMA ques­tions, still ex­pects March au­tho­riza­tion; Cana­da ap­proves first plant-based vac­cine

In Feb­ru­ary 2021, the Eu­ro­pean Med­i­cines Agency be­gan a rolling re­view of French biotech Val­ne­va’s Covid-19 vac­cine, which is a whole virus, in­ac­ti­vat­ed, ad­ju­vant­ed vac­cine.

About a year lat­er, Val­ne­va says the EMA still has ques­tions, al­though the com­pa­ny said Fri­day that it’s “con­fi­dent that it will be able to re­spond to these in the com­ing days. Fol­low­ing the Com­pa­ny’s re­sponse, the EMA will pro­vide a timetable to­wards an­tic­i­pat­ed con­di­tion­al ap­proval.”

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