MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO GIVE LICENSE FOR THE EMERGENCY USE OF OXFORD VACCINE FOR CORONA

  • 29/01/2021

Kuwait City : The Ministry of Health announced the issuance of an emergency use license for the "Oxford" anti-corona virus vaccine that is manufactured in a serum  factory in India with a license from the international company AstraZeneca.The Assistant Undersecretary for Drug and Food Control Affairs at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Abdullah Al-Badr, said in a press statement,  that this comes based on the decision of the joint technical committee between the Department of Registration and Control of Medicinal and Botanical Medicines and the Public Health Department to evaluate and register vaccines.


Al-Badr said that the ministry had succeeded in obtaining an initial batch of the "Oxford" vaccine because it was keen not to delay the vaccination program, pointing out that the first batch is expected to arrive within days.He explained that this vaccine has obtained approval from the European Medicines Authority and the British Agency for the Regulation of Medicines and Health Products, and the Serum Factory is a factory approved by the World Health Organization for the manufacture of vaccines and also from the Health Council of the Cooperation Council States.

He emphasized that this decision came after an extensive review by the technical committee of all scientific data and reports, as the committee conducted a comprehensive assessment of safety, efficacy and quality information and also reviewed the results of clinical studies concerned with the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine

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