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Moderna Inc said on Monday it was informed by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) that certain documents related to conversations prior to the presentation of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate were illegally accessed in a cyber attack on the drug regulator.
FILE PHOTO: In this illustration taken on October 31, 2020, vials with a label that reads “COVID-19 / Coronavirus Vaccine / Injection Only” and a medical syringe are seen in front of the Moderna logo. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration / Archive Photo
REUTERS: Moderna Inc said on Monday that it was informed by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) that certain documents related to the conversations prior to the presentation of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate were illegally accessed in a cyber attack on the drug regulator. .
The EMA, which evaluates drugs and vaccines for the European Union, said earlier this month that it had been the target of a cyber attack, which also gave hackers access to documents related to the development of the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech COVID-vaccine. 19.
Moderna said her submission to the EMA did not include any information identifying the individual study participants and that, at the moment, there is no information that the participants have been identified in any way.
(Report from Uday Sampath in Bengaluru; edited by Uttaresh.V)
