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In Europe all the vaccines that are authorized have a "conditional marketing authorization" with a 1 year time limit, and many countries have vaccine mandates.
by shock 5y ago
In Europe all the vaccines that are authorized have a "conditional marketing authorization" with a 1 year time limit, and many countries have vaccine mandates. Under EMA, for a vaccine to be "fully approved" it needs to have a standard marketing authorization; none of the COVID vaccines do.
- orra 5y agoAnd? The original bullshit claim was that the vaccines are “experimental”. A Conditional Marketing Authorization is not an Emergency Use Authorization. The European Medicines Agency even explain this.
- shock 5y ago> A Conditional Marketing Authorization is not an Emergency Use Authorization. The European Medicines Agency even explain this. Please provide a citation for this claim. My reading of the EMA page for Conditional Marketing Authorization states: "Its use is also intended for a public health emergency (e.g. a pandemic). _For these medicines, less comprehensive pharmaceutical and non-clinical data may also be accepted_". The fact that less comprehensive farmaceutical data is accepted for CMA leads me to believe they are experimental.
- orra 5y agoSee the section "What are the main differences between the EU's Conditional Marketing Authorisation and the Emergency Use Authorisation issued by some other countries?", onwards. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_20_2390 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_... (this is from the EC, not as I remembered the EMA) It explains amongst other things that a Conditional Marketing Authorisation (CMA) is a real, controlled and robust, authorisation of the vaccine; this is unlike the Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA), which is really an authorisation of the use of an unauthorised vaccine. A CMA requires data on safety and efficacy, showing the benefits outweigh the risks. An EUA has no such requirement.