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<p>The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it has approved the use of Pfizer-BioTech COVID-19 vaccine for use in Nigeria.</p>
<p>The director-general of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who disclosed this on Friday, during a virtual meeting, explained that the vaccine was for emergency use authorisation.</p>
<p>According to her, a review of the vaccine is possible pending information gathering from the usage.</p>
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<p>“We have approved Pfizer BioTech Vaccine for possible use in the country. Our COVID-19 vaccine team must carefully review it to make sure that the science behind it is well understood, and also in accordance with our own regulation,” she said.</p>
<p>Adeyeye explained that the vaccine was approved based on different mechanisms known to the agency while noting that the approval was not a full approval but within the period of getting people vaccinated and gathering data about the possible adverse effect following immunisation.</p>
<p>The DG stated that data gathering on vaccines was not limited to NAFDAC, saying that the agency belonged to an organisation called the International Coalition of Medicine Regulatory Authorities( ICMRA).</p>
<p>“We belong to ICMRA, which is a global gathering of regulatory agencies across the country, where we share our experiences, like that of Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine,” she said.</p>
<p>On storage, the DG said that the country has what it takes to store the vaccine effectively.</p>
<p>“We have the capability because the freezer temperature is now -30 degrees unlike when it was -80 to -60 degrees temperature. So, the storage is not an issue in Nigeria,” Adeyeye explained.</p>
<p>She also informed that the agency was reviewing the Johnson and Johnson vaccine for COVID-19.</p>
<p>Read the <a href="https://leadership.ng/updated-why-nafdac-approved-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-for-use-in-nigeria/">original story</a> on <a href="https://leadership.ng/">Leadership</a>.</p>
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