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The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology of Argentina (Anmat) authorized this Tuesday the registration of "emergency use" of Pfizer's vaccine against covid-19, the announcement was made through a release.
The health entity indicated that this vaccine meets "an acceptable benefit-risk balance," which allowed the granting of registration.
The authorization was granted for a period of one year and will be under the condition of "sale under prescription."
The ANMAT communicated that a risk management plan must be fulfilled, in addition to communicating progress reports to the National Institute of Medicines (Iname).
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The country's Ministry of Health reported this Tuesday a total of 1,555,279 cases of covid-19 and 42,254 deaths from causes related to the coronavirus.
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