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LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - British Health Minister Matt
Hancock said on Wednesday that AstraZeneca had submitted a full
data package about its COVID-19 vaccine to the medicines
regulator, the next step in its journey to approval for use.
"I'm delighted to be able to tell you that the Oxford
AstraZeneca vaccine developed here in the UK has submitted its
full data package to the MHRA for approval," Hancock said.
"This is the next step towards a decision on the deployment
of the vaccine, which is already being manufactured, including
here in the UK."
(Reporting by Kate Holton, writing by Michael Holden)
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