The Return of Brexit

[baggy1]

Because we have used an EU 'loophole' to declare this emergency use and the EU, it appears, haven't used this approach. The reasons for that aren't clear, but it indicates that the UK have decided to push this through without all of the same checks that the EU will complete (they've both had the same data from Pfizer). It looks like the EU will be 4 weeks behind us and following a full process rather than the UK's shortened (fill in the gaps later) approach.

This is the loophole:

member countries may temporarily authorize the distribution of an unauthorized medicinal product "in response to the suspected or confirmed spread of pathogenic agents, toxins, chemical agents or nuclear radiation, any of which could cause harm.

Thanks baggy1, that's all I wanted to know.

If you have any more research that you need me to do just let me know sir