EU Regulator Backs Wider Use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 Therapy

EU Regulator Backs Wider Use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 Therapy
People pose with syringe with needle in front of displayed AstraZeneca logo on Dec. 11, 2021. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
Reuters
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LONDON—Europe’s medicines regulator has backed using AstraZeneca’s preventative COVID-19 therapy as a treatment for the disease and also endorsed another medicine as preventative option for another common virus.

The regulator’s recommendations are usually followed by the European Commission when it takes a final decision on drug approvals.