Swissmedic receives second application for the authorisation of a coronavirus vaccine
Bern, 19.10.2020 - The Swiss therapeutic products agency reviews another vaccine in the rolling submission procedure At the end of last week the pharmaceutical company Pfizer submitted an application for the authorisation of a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The vaccine candidate is based on the mRNA technology of the biotech company BioNTech. Swissmedic is now reviewing the active substance BNT162b2 in a "rolling submission" procedure. Swissmedic is fast-tracking all applications connected with the COVID-19 pandemic, assigning extra staff to this task so that content checks and, in particular, user safety are not compromised.