https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The European Commission authorised the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds on Friday, following the European Medicines Agency's approval of administering the jabs to adolescents earlier in the day. https://www.thelocal.it/20210529/eu-approves-pfizer-in-children-over-12 Sat, 29 May 2021 21:05:57 +0200 eu-approves-pfizer-in-children-over-12 The European Medicines Agency (EMA) concluded on Thursday that the AstraZeneca vaccine was a "safe and effective" tool in the battle against Covid-19 but its investigation could not rule out whether the jab had caused rare cases of blood clotting. https://www.thelocal.it/20210318/breaking-astrazeneca-jab-is-safe-and-effective-vaccine-against-covid-19-european-medicines-agency-concludes Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:16:51 +0100 breaking-astrazeneca-jab-is-safe-and-effective-vaccine-against-covid-19-european-medicines-agency-concludes Italy launched a legal bid on Wednesday to overturn a decision to move the EU's medicines agency to Amsterdam following Brexit, after it emerged that the Dutch facility would not be ready in time. https://www.thelocal.it/20180131/italy-asks-eu-court-to-quash-medicines-agency-move-to-amsterdam Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:36:31 +0100 italy-asks-eu-court-to-quash-medicines-agency-move-to-amsterdam The Italian government plans to ask EU authorities to reconsider their decision to move the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to Amsterdam, the city narrowly picked over Milan to rehouse the body when it leaves London after Brexit. https://www.thelocal.it/20180130/milan-italy-amsterdam-netherlands-eu-medicines-agency Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:21:50 +0100 milan-italy-amsterdam-netherlands-eu-medicines-agency The Italian government is irked by Spain's decision to back Amsterdam rather than Milan as host of the European Union's key drug agency when it leaves London after Brexit, regional president Roberto Maroni said. https://www.thelocal.it/20171122/italian-pm-very-angry-with-spain-over-eu-agency-vote-maroni Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:22:22 +0100 italian-pm-very-angry-with-spain-over-eu-agency-vote-maroni Milan is among 19 European cities competing to host the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which will relocate from London after the UK leaves the EU. https://www.thelocal.it/20170801/milan-among-19-cities-vying-to-host-ema-post-brexit Tue, 01 Aug 2017 17:30:04 +0200 milan-among-19-cities-vying-to-host-ema-post-brexit