Who in Germany and Italy prods the Ema about Sputnik V
Germany ready to book supplies of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine (on which the EMA is investigating). Meanwhile in Italy Campania, Lazio and Veneto …
Germany likes the Sputnik vaccine. And Berlin is ready to start a bilateral negotiation table to buy the drug. The contract, however, would be subject to the green light of the EMA.
The contract for the purchase of the Sputnik vaccine signed by Campania, governed by Vincenzo De Luca, is also frozen pending the ruling of the European Medicines Agency. Meanwhile, Luca Zaia is also looking to Moscow for the supply of vaccines in Veneto.
THE GERMAN INTEREST IN SPUTNIK
Germany is ready to sign a bilateral agreement to guarantee the supply of the Russian vaccine. This wasannounced by the German health minister Jens Spahn at the meeting of EU health ministers held in Brussels.
The purchase would take place after the green light of the EMA, but in the meantime Germany would like to enter into negotiations to receive guarantees on the quantity and timing of the supply of Sputnik.
THE MOVES OF BAVARIA
And pending a ruling from the European Medicines Agency and Angela Merkel's moves, Bavaria, a state in southeastern Germany that borders Liechtenstein, Austria and the Czech Republic, has decided to move in solitude for the signing of a pre-agreement to purchase 2.5 million doses of Sputnik V.
By July, Governor Markus Soder announced, a first negotiation will be held with the Moscow authorities.
THE CONTRACT SIGNED BY CAMPANIA
The moves of Bavaria emulate those of Campania. The Italian region has already signed a contract with Moscow for the supply of the Sputnik vaccine. The agreements, however, are frozen pending EMA to approve the use of the drug.
“After weeks of discussion and negotiations, the agreement was finalized. As part of the regional immunization plan by autumn 2021 for the entire population concerned, the possibility of having other vaccines in addition to those distributed by the national Commissioner will allow for a more certain and timely planning and administration of the vaccine. The signed contract provides for immediate enforceability after approval by the EMA or AIFA. At this point, it is essential that the control agencies give themselves rapid verification and decision times, adequate to the gravity of the pandemic ”, said the president of the Campania Region , Vincenzo de Luca in recent days .
ZAIA LOOKS IN MOSCOW
Luca Zaia, president of the Veneto Region, is also looking to Moscow to obtain new anti Covid vaccines. “If the Sputnik vaccine were authorized by EMA, I would buy it. After all, I was the first to propose it. All vaccines around the world have equal dignity, as long as they work ”, said Zaia in an interview with La Stampa . "We are victims of a cultural heritage that if something comes from the East and not the West it is a rip off," added the Governor.
SPUTNIK AND THE SPALLANZANI EXPERIMENTATION
Meanwhile, the Russian vaccine will be tested at the Spallanzani Hospital in Rome, in agreement with the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow, which developed the vaccine. It is a scientific collaboration, which has yet to be formalized: “Sputnik? there is a relationship still open from a scientific point of view, a collaboration that will be formally sanctioned in the coming days between the Spallanzani Institute in Rome and the Gamaleya in Moscow ", said Alessio D'Amato , councilor for health of the Lazio Region, spoke on Rai Radio 2 on the program Non è un Paese per Giovani . "This vaccination campaign will also accompany us in the coming years – he concluded – and important work must be done on the variants".
D'Amato himself, in recent days had stated: "We receive hundreds of requests for the Sputnik vaccine every day, in Rome in Lazio and from various other parts of Italy, which is why we strongly want pragmatism and science to prevail. ".
THE THOUGHT OF MARIO DRAGHI
Prime Minister Mario Draghi is also ready to buy the Russian vaccine: “European coordination is the first way to look for vaccines. If the EU continues on Sputnik well, otherwise it will proceed in another way. European coordination must be sought with pragmatism, if it is not possible to maintain it, other ways can be seen ”, said the Prime Minister, Mario Draghi in recent weeks .
EMA INVESTIGATIONS
That European coordination invoked by Mario Draghi, however, will be slow in coming. The European Medicines Agency, which in recent weeks has started the continuous review of the Russian anti Covid-19 vaccine, intends to launch an investigation to verify whether the clinical trials of Sputnik V have violated ethical and scientific standards. Only if the trials have been ethically managed in accordance with the GCP, the internationally agreed standard aimed at ensuring that drug trials are properly designed and conducted, can the Russian vaccine be used in Europe.
EU COMMISSION: NO CONTRACT
Pending the necessary checks, the EU Commission has also decided not to move and in the meeting with the Ministers of Health announced that it will not signa preliminary contract with Russia for the supply of the vaccine.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/sanita/chi-in-germania-e-italia-punzecchia-lema-su-sputnik-v/ on Thu, 08 Apr 2021 11:07:58 +0000.