Once given the final nod, Covishield will become the first vaccine to be rolled out in India.
NEW DELHI: The drug regulator s Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on Friday recommended grant of emergency use authorisation (EUA) for Serum Institute of India s Covishield , raising hopes that a Covid vaccine will soon be available in India.
Sources said the SEC has recommended the EUA with certain conditions. However, the final nod will be given by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), which is also likely to come today itself.
Once the approval is in place, the vaccination process is likely to start in another 7-10 days, senior officials said.
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LMHRA, USP-PQM+ Set-up Post-Marketing Surveillance Technical Working Group For Liberia
LMHRA, USP-PQM+ Set-up Post-Marketing Surveillance Technical Working Group For Liberia
LMHRA MD Smith, along with the newly-established PMS-TWG
MONROVIA – In bid to sustainably strengthen pharmaceuticals and medical product quality assurance systems in Liberia, the Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) in collaboration with the United States Pharmacopeia Convention (USP), Promoting the Quality of Medicines Plus, on December 18, 2020, established a Post Market Surveillance Technical Working Group (PMS-TWG) for Liberia.
The goal of the PMS-TWG is to ensure the coordination of the relevant stakeholders in the building of PMS systems and periodic planning of PMS activities to assure the quality of medical products in the country.
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Each person must receive two doses three weeks apart. It will take months for all 2.3 million doses to arrive here.
It is expected the HSE will use up all the initial doses and wait for further deliveries to give people their second dose.
Commenting on the authorisation by the commission, Paul Reid, country manager with Pfizer Healthcare Ireland, said: “Today’s announcement marks a significant moment in the fight against Covid-19.
“This authorisation is a goal we have been working toward since we first declared that science will win, and we applaud the European Medicines Agency and the European Commission for their ability to take timely action to help protect the people of Ireland.”