Freedom of Information request oninformation for physicians and recipients of the vaccine, and Public Assessment Reports [PARs] for each vaccine(FOI 21-821)
Published 27 April 2022
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2nd August 2021 FOI 21/821
Dear
Thank you for your email.
Information (including information for physicians and recipients of the vaccine, and Public Assessment Reports [PARs] for each vaccine) are available on the MHRA website. Links to these are provided below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-covid-19-vaccine-moderna
Please note that a marketing authorisation was granted for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (Comirnaty) following a European Commission (EC) decision on 21 December 2020 (PLGB 53632/0002). Further information is available on the European Medicines Agency (EMA) website, a link to this is provided below: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/comirnaty
Please also note that a marketing authorisation was granted for the Moderna vaccine on 31 March 2021 following an EC Reliance Procedure (PLGB 53720/0002). Further information is available on the MHRA website and the EMA website, links to these are provided below: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-covid-19-vaccine-moderna https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/covid-19-vaccine-moderna
A marketing authorisation has been granted for the Janssen Covid-19 vaccine on 28 May 2021. Further information is available via the below link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-covid-19-vaccine-janssen
In addition, a marketing authorisation was granted for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on 24 June 2021 following an EC Reliance Procedure (PLGB 17901/0355). Further information is available on the MHRA website and the EMA website, links to these are provided below: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca
https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/vaxzevria-previously-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca
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