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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
So our scientists and the EMA are wrong and the countries' scientists are right?
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No, the different countries regulatory bodies have reached different conclusions from the data available - that is their job, to reach independent conclusions rather than just follow others (otherwise, what are they there for).
The challenge for all bodies involved is trying to reach a decision of what data is available - the USA has different criteria from the U.K. which has different criteria from other countries.
For a related example, my brother in law is trying to get a treatment for FOP (Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva) approved in various countries - he has had it approved by the FDA, but the U.K., EU, Japan, and some other countries haven’t approved it yet, because they want more evidence on certain aspects.
It’s not binary, it’s shaded.