EU regulator hopes to approve Covid variant-adapted vaccines by autumn

Published: May 5, 2022 10:47 PM

The European Union's (EU) drug regulator said on Thursday it hoped to have vaccines adapted to address coronavirus variants, such as Omicron, approved by September.

"Our priority is to ensure that adaptive vaccines are possibly approved by September at the latest to be ready for the rollout of new immunisation campaigns in the EU in the autumn," said Marco Cavaleri, head of biological health threats and...

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