SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A Brazilian health regulator official told a congressional hearing on Tuesday that the approval of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine by other countries does not mean it meets Brazilian regulatory requirements.
Gustavo Mendes, a drug manager at Anvisa, said the agency had not received enough data to approve the Sputnik V vaccine.
(Reporting by Eduardo Simões; Writing by Ana Mano; editing by Stephen Eisenhammer)