International
pti-Deepika S
London, Jan 08: The UK’s medicine regulatory authority on Friday approved a third COVID-19 vaccine for use in the country, made by the American biotech company Moderna which has already been rolled out in the US.
It can now start being rolled out alongside the Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines already being administered by the National Health Service (NHS) following approvals last year.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the approval of the Moderna vaccine follows a “thorough and rigorous assessment” by its teams of scientists, including advice from the independent Commission on Human Medicines, which reviewed in-depth all the data to ensure this vaccine meets the required standards of “safety, quality and effectiveness”.
“Having a third COVID-19 vaccine approved for supply following a robust and thorough…