DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
- Outlet: kachaf.com ( archive, original ) , misrnews.com ( archive, original ) , addiyar.com ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , akhbarak.net ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , arabic.rt.com ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , shamra.sy ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , newz24.net ( archive, original ) , belbalady.net ( archive, original ) , www.alwadynews.com ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , akher.news ( archive, original ) , shorouknews.com ( archive, original ) , lomazoma.com ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , akhbarak.net ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , gulf-one.com ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , alwafd.news ( archive, original ) , akhbarak.net ( archive, original ) , msader-ye.net ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , addiyar.com ( archive, original ) , Klyoum.com ( archive, original ) , roayahnews.com ( archive, original ) , almarsad.co ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , awla.news ( archive, original ) , akher.news ( archive, original )
- Date of publication: March 23, 2021
- Article language(s): Arabic
- Countries / regions discussed: Russia
AI translations:
DISINFO: Sputnik V submitted its application to EMA on 21 January
SUMMARY
Many know that Russia submitted an application to register the vaccine (Sputnik V) on the 21st of January and that they (the European Medicines Agency) began considering this application only on the 4th of March.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative aiming to promote the Russian Sputnik V vaccine.
As of 18 February 2021, the producer of the Sputnik V vaccine has not submitted an application to the European Medicines Agency.
It turned out that Russia’s submission of its Sputnik V vaccine has been sent to the wrong agency, bearing in mind that the developers have already received scientific advice from EMA providing them with the latest regulatory and scientific guidance for the development of their vaccine.
A confirmation of the submission was shared on the Sputnik V official Twitter feed. But the screenshot showed it had been addressed to a body called the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA), on a platform that has not been used as a part of the approval process for medicines since 2015.
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