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Covid-19 vaccine: Canada could approve Pfizer's vaccine 'around December'

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Covid-19 vaccine "around December," about the same time as the United States and the European Union, a senior official at Canada's drug regulator said.Health Canada earlier had said that an approval would likely come early in the first quarter, under a new accelerated review process very similar to that in place in the United States, reports a news agency.Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine is most advanced in Health Canada's reviews, Supriya Sharma, senior medical adviser at Health Canada, said at a press briefing in Ottawa.Asked whether any Canadians could receive a shot before the end of the year, Sharma said several things are happening at the same time - regulatory reviews, manufacturing, distribution - which makes it difficult to pinpoint.

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