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EU drug regulator has not seen signal of possible Pfizer COVID shot stroke link https://t.co/jD6akPgfu1

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2 minute read January 19, 20235:31 AM GMT+8 Last Updated a day ago

EU drug regulator has not seen signal of possible Pfizer COVID shot stroke link

Reuters

LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – The European Union’s drug regulator has not identified any safety signals in the region related to U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech’s updated COVID-19 shot, the agency said on Wednesday.

On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said that a safety monitoring system had flagged that the shot could possibly be linked to a type of brain stroke in older adults, according to preliminary data.

“EMA can confirm that to date no such signal has been identified in the EU. EMA will continue to evaluate all available data to determine whether emerging safety information could point to a similar signal in the EU,” the agency told Reuters in response to a question.

Pfizer and BioNTech said in a statement on Friday that they were aware of limited reports of ischemic strokes in people 65 and older following vaccination with their updated shot.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/eu-drug-regulator-has-not-seen-signal-possible-pfizer-covid-shot-stroke-link-2023-01-18/

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No Increased Stroke Risk Linked to Pfizer’s Covid Boosters, Federal Officials Say

Following an analysis of vaccine surveillance data, the @CDCgov and the @US_FDA say they have found no evidence of an increased risk of ischemic stroke among people 65 and older who received Pfizer’s #COVID19 bivalent booster. https://t.co/cn4dPYxgf8

— Ian Weissman, DO (@DrIanWeissman) January 14, 2023

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