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2022.09.03 19:01 GMT+8

UK medicines regulator approves Pfizer/BioNTech bivalent COVID-19 booster

Updated 2022.09.03 19:01 GMT+8
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The UK medicines regulator approved the Pfizer/BioNTech bivalent COVID-19 booster.

"We are pleased to announce that we have approved the Pfizer/BioNTech bivalent COVID-19 vaccine. Our review concluded that the updated booster is safe and effective," the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said on Saturday.

The adapted COVID-19 vaccine targets both the original virus and the Omicron variant.

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