Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine<br />Approved for Use in<br />the European Union.<br />It is the second vaccine to be <br />green-lit by regulators in Europe.<br />following the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.<br />The European Commission authorized<br />the vaccine on Wednesday following <br />a recommendation from the<br />European Medicines Agency (EMA).<br />The EMA made its recommendation earlier<br />that day, saying it had “thoroughly assessed the data”<br />and passed it on to the European Commission. .<br />EMA’s human medicines committee<br />has thoroughly assessed the data on<br />the quality, safety and efficacy of<br />the vaccine and recommended by<br />consensus a formal conditional<br />marketing authorization be granted<br />by the European Commission, EMA, via CNBC.<br />In a statement, the president of the European<br />Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said the<br />EU would gain an additional 160 million doses<br />with “more vaccines [to] come.” .<br />Europe has secured up to two billion doses<br />of potential COVID-19 vaccines … We’ll<br />have more than enough safe and effective<br />vaccines for protecting all Europeans, Ursula von der Leyen, via CNBC
