Cybersecurity

EU’s Drug Regulator ‘Fully Functional’ After Cyber-Attack

  • European Medicines Agency, Pfizer documents were targeted
  • EMA’s first approval of Covid-19 vaccine possible by Dec. 29

The European Medicine Agency (EMA) headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg
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The European Union drugs regulator, which is reviewing Covid-19 vaccines for possible use, remains “fully functional” after a cyber-attack in recent days, its head said.

The Amsterdam-based European Medicines Agency and authorities including the Dutch police are investigating the attack, Executive Director Emer Cooke said on Thursday.