Documents that had relation to the Pfizer COVID vaccine candidate regulatory submission to the known European Medicine Agency or EMA were said to be "unlawfully accessed" during a particular cyberattack according to certain pharma firms. The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is currently one of the leading vaccines that has already seen testing as of recent.
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According to an article by HT, the EMA earlier confirmed that it had actually been the subject of a particular cyberattack. However, they did not provide any further details and stated that it will refrain from doing so while an investigation straight into the hack was currently said to be ongoing.
In a particular joint statement, Pfizer as well as BioNTech stated that they were informed on Wednesday by the official EU medicine regulators that a number of documents that were related to the regulatory submission for the said Pfizer and BioNTech COVID vaccine candidate. They were said to be stored on a particular EMA server and had been unlawfully accessed.
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They stated that at this time, they still await further information about the ongoing EMA investigation and will also respond appropriately as well as in accordance with the given EU law. The pair had also said that none of their own systems had actually been breached and that they themselves were not aware of any of the personal data regarding the study participants that were being accessed.
They also added that the EMA has been assuring them that the particular cyberattack will certainly have no impact on the given timeline for its review of the said COVID vaccine. The vaccine is now being rolled out in the United Kingdom.
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Just a day after the said vaccine was administered in the UK, the official British medicines and healthcare regulator then issued a warning about the administering of the vaccine. It stated that two different medics with a recorded history of serious allergies were experiencing severe reactions to the COVID vaccine.
The health agency then stated that people with a certain history of significant allergic reactions should steer clear from the given COVID vaccine. Canada is said to become the world's second country to give its approval to the vaccine just on Wednesday.
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According to an article by BBC news, the very first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine is a 90-year-old grandmother who is expected to turn 91 just next week. Margaret Keenan received the known COVID-19 vaccine as a particular "early birthday present" at exactly 6:31 GMT.
This shot was the very first of the upcoming 800,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine expected to be dispensed over the coming weeks. There will be up to four million more vaccines that are expected to arrive by the end of the month. Hubs in the UK are also starting to rollout by initially vaccinating both the over-80s individuals as well as a number of care staff and health officials.
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Written by Urian Buenconsejo
