The woman is suing the German vaccine maker for at least $217,000 in damages for bodily harm. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HAMBURG - BioNTech will go to court on Monday to defend itself against a lawsuit from a German woman who is seeking damages for alleged side effects of its Covid-19 vaccine, the first of potentially hundreds of cases in the country.
BioNTech, which holds the marketing authorisation in Germany for the shot it developed with Pfizer, said it concluded after careful consideration that the case was without merit. The European Medicines Agency says that BioNTech’s Comirnaty, the most commonly used in the Western world, is safe to use.
Almost 768 million vaccine doses have been administered in the European Economic Area , which includes the 27 EU member states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.The EMA also monitors adverse events or illness after vaccination, and checks for frequencies that surpass normal rates in the non-vaccinated population.413 people get Covid-19 vaccine injury payouts, over $1.
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