Health Canada Vaccine Approval

Eventually the number of sites will be expanded to 205 in anticipation that the second company to seek health canada approval moderna will also be approved within weeks and other vaccines.

Health canada vaccine approval. Health canada has given pfizer s drug the green light with initial vaccine doses expected to arrive in this country within days. Health canada received pfizer s submission on october 9 2020 and after a thorough independent review of the evidence health canada has determined that the pfizer biontech vaccine meets the department s stringent safety efficacy and quality requirements for use in canada. Health canada has approved the first covid 19 vaccine for canadians.

Today johnson and johnson submitted their janssen covid 19 vaccine to health canada the fourth vaccine to begin approvals in canada and a promising development for canadians. Ottawa canada could approve its first covid 19 vaccine in december with immunizations beginning to roll out across the country in january according to health canada s chief medical adviser.