The Sputnik V will be made in Italy | In the middle of…

The Sputnik V vaccine will be produced in Italy from July. This has been confirmed by the Italo-Russian Chamber of Commerce, in what is described as an unprecedented event in the European Union due to the fact that the bloc has not yet authorized this drug. For the moment, the Italian Ministry of Health has declined to comment on this news.

“Ten million doses will be produced between July 1 and January 1, 2022” in the factories owned by the pharmaceutical chamber in the town of Caponago, near Monza, according to the president of this entity Stefano Maggi.

This is the “first agreement at European level for the production on EU territory of the Sputnik vaccine”Despite its approval, it began to be reviewed last week by the Amsterdam-based European Medicines Agency (EMA).

As soon as the EMA made the announcement, health authorities in the Russian Federation anticipated on the verge of delivering 50 million doses of vaccines to Europeans from June.

However, the Russian announcement on the production potential of this vaccine was accompanied by a criticism of the Western bloc health agency by “Delaying the validation process by several months” of the drug.

Sputnik V has already been approved in 46 countries and, after the great proven efficacy against covid-19, several European governments have demanded the acceleration of health permits. In fact, some have started using it without EMA approval, such as Hungary which started administering it last month.

Maggi predicted that “If the vaccine is not authorized in Europe by July 1, 2021, the doses produced will be purchased by the Russian sovereign wealth fund and distributed in countries where the Sputnik vaccine has already been authorized”.

“Russian roulette”

The impending landing of Sputnik V in the European Union, whose countries are rocked by a new and serious wave of coronavirus infections, has also resulted in a counterpoint between the Russian authorities and the bloc.

The one who started the conflict was Christa Wirthumer-Hoche, one of the EMA officials who criticized European countries that have started administering this vaccine without approval. “It’s a bit like Russian roulette”, He said.

The comment offended the Instituto Gamaleya, vaccine producer, and the Russian government through diplomacy demanded an explicit apology. “We ask for a public apology to Christa Wirthumer-Hoche, EMA, for her negative comments towards EU members who directly endorse Sputnik V, “Gamaleya and the Russian sovereign wealth fund (RDIF).

“Comments like this are inappropriate and undermine the credibility of the EMA and its review process.”, criticized and denounced “a possible political interference”.

Currently, three vaccines have been authorized by the European Union: Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca. A fourth, from Johnson & Johnson, is in the process of being approved. Besides Sputnik V, two others, Novavax and CureVac, are also under review.