WHO STILL REVIEWING SPUTNIK V VACCINE DATA, AS RUSSIA PRESSES BID

Wed 06 October 2021:

The World Health Organization is still evaluating data on Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine in the aim of approving it for emergency use against coronavirus, but no decision is imminent.

The clarification comes after Russia’s Health Minister Mikhail Murashko reportedly stated in recent days that administrative concerns were among the main holdups in WHO’s decision-making process on whether to grant Sputnik V an emergency use status, as it has done for a half-dozen other vaccines.

Following a rigorous evaluation process, such approval would demonstrate worldwide confidence in the vaccine and might open the door for its inclusion in the COVAX program, which is sending COVID-19 vaccines to hundreds of nations throughout the world based on need.

“As with other candidate vaccines, WHO continues to assess Sputnik V vaccines from different manufacturing sites and will publish decisions on their EUL (emergency use listing) status when all the data are available and the review is concluded,” WHO said in a statement.

“The EUL assessment process aims to speed up equitable access to vaccines in order to save lives and bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control.”

(with agency)

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