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. 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e2114531.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.14531.

Comparison of COVID-19 Vaccine Approvals at the US Food and Drug Administration, European Medicines Agency, and Health Canada

Mark P Lythgoe  1 , Paul Middleton  2
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Comparison of COVID-19 Vaccine Approvals at the US Food and Drug Administration, European Medicines Agency, and Health Canada

Mark P Lythgoe et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This qualitative improvement study investigates COVID-19 vaccine approvals at 3 medicine regulatory agencies in the US, EU, and Canada, characterizing and contrasting regulatory review times, and analyzing the clinical evidence supporting authorization.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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