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EU starts review of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine
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Vials with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. Credit: AFP File Photo
Vials with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. Credit: AFP File Photo

The EU's drug watchdog said on Thursday it had started a "rolling review" of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, a key step towards approval for use across the 27-nation bloc.

"EMA has started a rolling review of Sputnik V, a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Russia's Gamaleya National Centre of Epidemiology and Microbiology," the Amsterdam-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in a statement.

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(Published 04 March 2021, 15:32 IST)