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    Management Board: Highlights of March 2021 meeting

  • Management Board: Highlights of March 2021 meeting
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    Management Board: Highlights of March 2021 meeting

    The Board was updated on EMA’s activities in response to the pandemic, the Agency’s independence policies and progress with the clinical trial information system

  • PRAC highlights March 2021
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    PRAC highlights March 2021

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    PRAC highlights March 2021

    Outcomes from the March meeting cover all aspects of the risk management of the use of medicines, including COVID-19 treatments and vaccines

  • Fourth COVID-19 vaccine authorised in the EU
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    Fourth COVID-19 vaccine authorised in the EU

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    Fourth COVID-19 vaccine authorised in the EU

    The European Commission has granted a conditional marketing authorisation for COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen following EMA’s recommendation

  • Public meeting on COVID-19 vaccines: Friday 26 March
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    COVID-19 |VACCINES

    Public meeting on COVID-19 vaccines: Friday 26 March

  • Public meeting on COVID-19 vaccines: Friday 26 March
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    COVID-19 |VACCINES

    Public meeting on COVID-19 vaccines: Friday 26 March

    Apply now to join the virtual room during our third public meeting, about the approval, safety monitoring and expected impact of COVID-19 vaccines or watch live on the day.

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    EMA Management Board – highlights of March 2021 meeting

    Update on COVID-19 The Management Board heard an update from EMA on the ongoing assessment activities for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments . The Board was informed that EMA and the European medicines regulatory network are facing an unprecedented...

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    12/03/2021

    Benefits of ifosfamide solutions continue to outweigh risks EMA’s safety committee (PRAC) has concluded that the benefits of ifosfamide solutions for infusion

    EMA’s safety committee (PRAC) has concluded that the benefits of ifosfamide solutions for infusion continue to outweigh their risks in the treatment of different types of cancers, including various solid tumours and blood cancers such as lymphomas (...

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    12/03/2021 COVID-19

    Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) 8-11 March 2021

    Review of thalassaemia medicine Zynteglo started EMA’s human safety committee (PRAC) has begun a safety review of the medicine Zynteglo, a gene therapy authorised to treat the rare blood condition beta thalassaemia. The review follows a case of...

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    11/03/2021 COVID-19

    COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca: PRAC investigating cases of thromboembolic events - vaccine’s benefits currently still outweigh risks - Update

    EMA is aware that the Danish Health Authority has paused its vaccination campaign with COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca. This was decided as a precautionary measure while a full investigation is ongoing into reports of blood clots in people who received...

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    11/03/2021 COVID-19

    EMA recommends COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen for authorisation in the EU

    Update : COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen is now authorised across the EU. This follows the granting of a conditional marketing authorisation by the European Commission on 11 March 2021. EMA has recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for...

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    EMA website briefly unavailable on 15 March 2021

    The European Medicines Agency's (EMA) corporate website ( www.ema.europa.eu ) will be intermittently unavailable between 21:00 and 22:00 (Central European Time, CET) on 15 March 2021 due to essential maintenance. During this time, a holding page...

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