NMRA approves Pfizer for emergency use

The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) had yesterday approved Pfizer vaccine for emergency use against Covid-19 in Sri Lanka, State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle said.

Addressing the media in Colombo, she said that the NMRA Advisory Panel had granted approval. “The government has already placed an order for five million phials of Pfizer vaccine,” she said.

Dr. Rajeeva de Silva, a member of the eight-member Panel of Experts on COVID vaccines said they had submitted the recommendations on Pfizer, based on the details they were provided with.