EU reg­u­la­tor says As­traZeneca ap­proval not im­mi­nent, even as Pas­cal So­ri­ot teas­es stronger da­ta

UK reg­u­la­tors are re­port­ed­ly set to ap­prove As­traZeneca’s Covid-19 vac­cine this week, but don’t ex­pect it to be avail­able across the chan­nel any­time soon.

A top EMA of­fi­cial told a Brus­sels news­pa­per this week that Eu­ro­pean au­thor­i­ties have yet to re­ceive all the da­ta nec­es­sary for ap­proval from the British Phar­ma, leav­ing them un­able to ren­der a ver­dict. Asked why it would be OK’d on the isle, the of­fi­cial, EMA deputy ex­ec­u­tive di­rec­tor Noël Wathion, said he could on­ly spec­u­late.

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