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EU regulator approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine: EMA chief

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The Head of EMA Communication Department Marie-Agnes Heine announces that the Human Medicines Committee has "recommended a conditionnal marketing authorisation for the first Covid-19 vaccine for the EU market". SOUNDBITE

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