EMA regular press briefing on COVID-19

• Date:
  Friday, 28 May 2021
• Location:
  Online
  European Medicines Agency, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Event summary

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is holding a press briefing to provide an update on its most recent activities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The briefing will also cover the outcome of the extraordinary meeting of EMA’s human medicine committee CHMP on Friday, 28 May 2021, to discuss the paediatric indication for Comirnaty.

Speakers:

• Marco Cavaleri (Head of Biological Health Threats and Vaccines Strategy)
• Fergus Sweeney (Head of Clinical Studies and Manufacturing Task Force).
• Georgy Genov (Head of Pharmacovigilance)

The press briefing will be moderated by Marie-Agnes Heine (Head of Communication Department).

Virtual briefings for the media will now be organised on a regular basis, initially every two weeks. As a complement to these regular technical briefings, EMA will still organise ad-hoc press conferences as necessary and appropriate.

The press briefing will be held in English. No translations will be provided.