MOSCOW, April 29 — The developer of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said today it would sue Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa after it refused to import the jab. “Sputnik V is undertaking a legal defamation proceeding in Brazil against Anvisa for knowingly spreading false and...
In this file photo taken on April 15, 2021 a health worker shows vials of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19, at a vaccination centre at the Tecnopolis park in Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. — AFP picMOSCOW, April 29 — The developer of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said today it would sue Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa after it refused to import the jab.
Sputnik V’s developers said on Twitter that Anvisa had acknowledged making a mistake and had not tested the vaccine. According to the slideshow, Anvisa scientists said they tested samples of the booster shot and found it was “replication competent” — meaning that once inside the body, the adenovirus can continue to multiply.Approved by more than 60 countries
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