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Brazil says Sputnik's vaccine approval in other countries not enough

Brazil says Sputnik's vaccine approval in other countries not enough
Brazil says Sputnik's vaccine approval in other countries not enough -  Copyright  (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2021. Click For Restrictions - https://agency.reuters.com/en/copyright.html
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A Brazilian health regulator official told a congressional hearing on Tuesday that the approval of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine by other countries does not mean it meets Brazilian regulatory requirements.

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Gustavo Mendes, a drug manager at Anvisa, said the agency had not received enough data to approve the Sputnik V vaccine.

(Reporting by Eduardo Simões; Writing by Ana Mano; editing by Stephen Eisenhammer)

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