Appropriate vaccine warnings
Virginia Crawford made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
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From: Virginia Crawford
Dear Ministry of Health,
The FDA has stated the following:
All descriptive printed matter, advertising, and promotional material relating to the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID‑19 Vaccine clearly and conspicuously shall state that:
This product has not been approved or licensed by FDA, but has been authorized for emergency use by FDA, under an EUA to prevent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for use in individuals 16 years of age and older; and
The emergency use of this product is only authorized for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of the medical product under Section 564(b)(1) of the FD&C Act unless the declaration is terminated or authorization revoked sooner.
https://www.fda.gov/media/144412/download
Could you please confirm that a similar protocol will be instituted in New Zealand, i.e. that all recipients of the vaccine will be given a leaflet or other documentation to indicate that this vaccine has been given temporary approval only in New Zealand and is not yet fully licensed for use in this country.
Yours faithfully,
Virginia Crawford
From: Megan King
Kia ora
Thank you for your request for official information received 18 February
2021 for:
"The FDA has stated the following:
All descriptive printed matter, advertising, and promotional material
relating to the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID‑19 Vaccine clearly and
conspicuously shall state that:
This product has not been approved or licensed by FDA, but has been
authorized for emergency use by FDA, under an EUA to prevent Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for use in individuals 16 years of age and older;
and
The emergency use of this product is only authorized for the duration of
the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of
emergency use of the medical product under Section 564(b)(1) of the FD&C
Act unless the declaration is terminated or authorization revoked sooner.
https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...
Could you please confirm that a similar protocol will be instituted in New
Zealand, i.e. that all recipients of the vaccine will be given a leaflet
or other documentation to indicate that this vaccine has been given
temporary approval only in New Zealand and is not yet fully licensed for
use in this country."
The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H2021001468.
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Ngā mihi
Megan King
Advisor | OIAServices
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [1][email address]
L1 North, Yellow, 113 Molesworth St, Wellington
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