Medicines regulator appeals to Treasury for more funding
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Most Read Medicines regulator appeals to Treasury for more funding After a cut in Treasury allocation of 8%, authority tells MPs that understaffing affects the speed and efficacy with which it can make regulatory decisions BL PREMIUM 05 May 2021 - 19:43 Tamar Kahn
The medicines regulator has appealed to the Treasury for a bigger budget, warning that it cannot do its job effectively unless key vacancies are filled.
The SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) shot to public prominence during the coronavirus pandemic as it plays a pivotal role in approving new diagnostics, vaccines and treatments. It is one of the most stringent medicine regulators on the African continent and responsible for overseeing the safety and efficacy of human and animal medicines, medical devices and clinical trials.
Pfizer Withdraws Emergency-Use Application for its COVID-19 Vaccine in India
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation had earlier declined to approve Pfizer s vaccine without a small local trial on its safety and immunogenicity for Indians.
Syringes seen in front of BioNTech and Pfizer logos. Photo: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/File Photo.
Health05/Feb/2021
New Delhi: Pfizer Inc has withdrawn an application for emergency-use authorisation of its COVID-19 vaccine in India that it has developed with Germany’s BioNTech, the company told
Reuters on Friday.
The US company, which was the first drugmaker to apply for emergency use authorisation of its COVID-19 vaccine in India, had a meeting with the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation on Wednesday and the decision was made after that, the company said.
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