Moderna COVID-19 Vaccinebr Approved for Use inbr the European Union.br It is the second vaccine to be br green-lit by regulators in Europe.br following the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.br The European Commission authorizedbr the vaccine on Wednesday following br a recommendation from thebr European Medicines Agency (EMA).br The EMA made its recommendation earlierbr that day, saying it had “thoroughly assessed the data”br and passed it on to the European Commission. .br EMA’s human medicines committeebr has thoroughly assessed the data onbr the quality, safety and efficacy ofbr the vaccine and recommended bybr consensus a formal conditionalbr marketing authorization be grantedbr by the European Commission, EMA, via CNBC.br In a statement, the president of the Europeanbr Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said thebr EU would gain an additional 160 million dosesbr with “more vaccines [to] come.” .