12/02/2020 17:29
Clarín.com
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Updated 12/02/2020 5:40 PM
The Minister of Health, Ginés González García, confirmed this Wednesday that Pfizer presented the documentation to the National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) to authorize the use of its vaccine in Argentina.
"Today Pfizer appeared at the ANMAT to authorize the vaccine in Argentina," said the official in dialogue with radio Rivadavia.
He explained that the procedure "requires all the documentation of the studies that have been done" but clarified that in the face of the urgencies imposed by the pandemic "what is being done is a faster question of authorization."
"Clearly if they got it in England it is because they have this whole phase," he added, although he avoided specifying a date for that process to be completed.
Ginés González was convinced that Pfizer "has comfortably everything it needs to have" to obtain the endorsement of the AMAT that will allow it to be marketed in Argentina.
"If the United Kingdom approved, I am convinced that it has comfortably everything it needs to have, but I cannot anticipate it because it does not depend on me, it is a technical decision," he added.
The United Kingdom on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use.
It received the go-ahead from the British health regulator (MHRA) and will be implemented early next week.
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