EU drug regulator ‘very hopeful’ of positive COVID-19 vaccine opinion by Christmas

DUBLIN- The European Medicines Agency is hopeful that it will be able to produce a scientific opinion on COVID-19 vaccines seeking regulatory approval before Christmas, the regulator’s new chief said on Wednesday.

DUBLIN (Reuters) – The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is hopeful that it will be able to produce a scientific opinion on COVID-19 vaccines seeking regulatory approval before Christmas , the regulator’s new chief said on Wednesday.

“All going well we would be very hopeful that we could have a positive opinion before Christmas,” EMA Executive Director Emer Cooke told RTE radio in an interview.

(Reporting by Conor Humphries, editing by Louise Heavens)