Newest negotiated text of the pandemic treaty reveals *nations agree* about rolling out unlicensed vaccines
While there is more disagreement (yellow highlights) than agreement (green highlights) in the draft, the plan to roll out untested or barely tested products got a pass
The document itself as of last Friday, below.
The section on nations creating the legal and administrative structures to issue unlicensed, so-called “authorized” “health products” to their populations is highlighted in green, signifying overall agreement by all the nations negotiating this.
What are now referred to as “health products” and “pandemic-related health products” were referred to as “novel vaccines” in a prior draft. “Authorization” refers to an EUA. It is a stamp of approval without data or with very limited data.
The operative words are Each Party SHALL (must) take steps toward ensuring it has the… legal… frameworks… in support of: expedited regulatory review and/or emergency regulatory authorization…”