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The European Union's drug agency has recommended authorizing use of the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. If the EU's executive arm, the European Commission, greenlights the drug, inoculations can start across Europe. "Now we will act fast. I expect a @EU_Commission decision by this evening," Ursula von der Leyen, the commission's president, on Monday."Our thorough evaluation means that we can confidently assure EU citizens of the safety and of this vaccine and that it meets necessary quality standards," Emer Cooke, the executive director of the European Medicines Agency, .The European regulator is recommending the use of the vaccine in people 16 or older, as U.S. federal officials did earlier this month. The U.K., no longer a member of the EU, is also already carrying out inoculations .The European agency has been under criticism in recent weeks for being slow to issue its recommendation. In addition to the U.K., the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has already been authorized for use in the U.S., Canada, and several other countries.The EMA recommended a "conditional marketing authorization" — a regulatory mechanism that allows for early access to medicines due to an "unmet medical need," in this case the pandemic. MPR News is made by Members. Gifts from individuals fuel the programs that you and your neighbors rely on. Donate today to power news, analysis, and community conversations for all. The news comes as most EU countries have imposed travel restrictions including halting flights and trains from the U.K., where a strain of the vaccine appears to be – though there are not indications that the strain causes more severe cases of COVID-19. The agency said its recommendation for the EU to approve the vaccine is a milestone in combating the coronavirus. "Today's positive news is an important step forward in our fight against this pandemic, which has caused suffering and hardship for so many," Cooke said.German Health Minister Jens Spahn is among those who has pushed for the EU to speed its authorization. He has that the goal was to get the vaccine greenlit before Christmas, so that inoculations could begin this year.NPR's Rob Schmitz contributed to this report from Berlin. Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.Providing Support for MPR.

The European Union's drug agency has recommended authorizing use of the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. If the EU's executive arm, the European Commission, greenlights the drug, inoculations can start across Europe. "Now we will act fast. I expect a @EU_Commission decision by this evening," Ursula von der Leyen, the commission's president, on Monday."Our thorough evaluation means that we can confidently assure EU citizens of the safety and of this vaccine and that it meets necessary quality standards," Emer Cooke, the executive director of the European Medicines...

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