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Apparently, no patient data was hacked.
8:52 am, December 10, 2020
During a cyber attack on the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in Amsterdam are among others Data from pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Biontech have been leveraged. The two companies announced it in a joint statement Thursday night after the EMA informed them of the attack.
Consequently, “some documents” in relation to the two companies’ request for approval of their coronavirus vaccine were caught in the attack. Pfizer and Biontech also emphasized that their respective systems had not been attacked in this context.
No test subject data
Furthermore, to the best of their knowledge, no data was available on the test subjects. Pharmaceutical companies were also informed by EMA that the attack “no impact” on the vaccine approval process.
The EMA itself did not provide more detailed information on the cyber attack, nor on the extent of the files attacked, nor on the assumptions about the attackers. A spokesperson for the authority only confirmed the attack on Wednesday afternoon, and a subsequent notification from the EMA did not provide any details. The agency only announced that a full investigation had been opened. While the investigation is ongoing, no details could be provided.
EMA Director Emer Cooke, meanwhile, commented positively Wednesday night on the possible approval of the corona vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer. “We are more and more convinced of the results of the tests that we have”, he said in an interview with the Dutch television news magazine Nieuwsuur. A decision will be made at the end of December. The vaccine shows a high efficacy of almost 95 percent in 30,000 test people and has hardly any side effects.
A meeting of the EMA with all the drug authorities of the 27 EU member states is scheduled for December 29. The decision must then be made on the approval of the first corona vaccine in the EU, the director said. Until then, the experts would check the test results day and night. The director stressed that “no concessions were made” on security. The EMA is also evaluating the Modern Pharma vaccine. A decision on admission is expected on January 12.
The Pfizer and Biontech vaccine already has emergency approval in the UK. According to Cooke, this is only valid for a limited time. The EMA aims for a fully valid approval. The EMA chief was also positive about the possible side effects of the vaccine. “No side effects worth mentioning were found, and certainly no serious side effects were found.” The vaccine works in both old and young people.
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