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EU Approves AstraZeneca Oxford Vaccine for All Adults Amid Shortfall
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January 29, 2021
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1:34Now PlayingThe European Union’s drug regulator cleared a Covid-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford for all adults as a shortfall in expected deliveries raises tensions between the company and the bloc.
The go-ahead Friday clears the way for the European Commission to issue a conditional marketing authorization. The Astra-Oxford vaccine will be the third available in the EU after shots from Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc., and it could help alleviate the shortage of shots as the EU trails the U.K. and the U.S. in vaccinations.
The decision won’t immediately mean more shots for the elderly in Europe’s largest country. Germany’s immunization authority said the inoculation should be authorized only for people between the ages of 18 and 64, sticking with a preliminary recommendation. It cited a lack of trial data in older groups.
The European Medicines Agency said that while most trial participants were between 18 and 55 and there wasn’t enough data to pinpoint the vaccine’s efficacy in older adults, the shot has shown an immune response in the older age group and is safe.
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