'All going well' European Medicines Agency could approve vaccine before Christmas

Avial of coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. File picture

The Irish-born executive director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), Emer Cooke has said that “all going well” the agency could be in a position to approve new Covid-19 vaccines before Christmas.

Speaking on RTÉ radio’s News at One, Ms Cooke said that the EMA needed to ensure that all Covid-19 vaccines were safe, of a high quality and effective.