European Medicines Agency Archives

A medical staff administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a woman at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination center in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, February 19, 2021.

A European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee on Friday recommended adding heavy menstrual bleeding to the list of side effects of ...

EU regulator backs wider use of AstraZeneca COVID therapy

by Rethabile Tsimakwane

16 September 2022, 11:45 AM

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Europe's medicines regulator has backed using AstraZeneca's preventative COVID-19 therapy as a treatment for the disease and also endorsed another ...

A nurse holds a monkeypox vaccination at the Northwell Health Immediate Care Center at Fire Island-Cherry Grove, in New York, U.S., July 15, 2022.

Europe considers “dose-sparing” to increase monkeypox vaccine, WHO seeks trials

by Bongisipho Magcaba

10 August 2022, 9:35 AM

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Health officials in Europe are discussing whether to follow a move by the United States to stretch out scarce monkeypox ...

Former EU member Britain has so far administered many more vaccines than EU countries in proportion to the population.

Benefits outweigh the risks of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot as review continues: WHO

by SABC Digital News

17 March 2021, 5:18 PM

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A World Health Organisation (WHO) vaccine safety panel said on Wednesday that it considers that the benefits of the AstraZeneca ...

The United Kingdom, where the AstraZeneca vaccine was developed, says it has no concerns over the safety of the drug.

Benefits of AstraZeneca outweigh risks: EMA

by Bongisipho Magcaba

17 March 2021, 9:31 AM

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The head of the European Medicines Agency, EMA, Emma Cooke has reiterated that there is no indication that the AstraZeneca ...

EMA committee recommends restrictions on fluoroquinolone, quinolone antibiotics

by Raymond Akamby

5 October 2018, 5:03 PM

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The European Medicines Agency's risk assessment committee has recommended restrictions on the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics fluoroquinolone and quinolone following ...