Europe – EMA grants AZ’s Vaxzevria COVID-19 vaccine full marketing authorisation

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted AstraZeneca's (AZ) COVID-19 vaccine, Vaxzevria – ChAdOx1-S [Recombinant] – full Marketing Authorisation (MA) in the EU.

Previously, Vaxzevria was given a conditional Marketing Authorisation (cMA) due to the critical nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, and as further significant evidence of safety and efficacy benefits of Vaxzevria have been confirmed, the EMA has decided to grant a full MA.

The green light from the EMA follows the positive recommendation from its branch, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), for a full MA.

The MA includes the use of Vaxzevria in both a primary vaccination series, and as both a heterologous – with an approved mRNA COVID-19 vaccine – or homologous – all the same vaccine – third dose booster…