Essential safety documents relating to BNT162b2
Dear Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency,
I would like to request the following documents relating to the provisional approval of the Pfizer-BionTech BNT162b2 vaccine in December 2020:
1. All documents relating to the MHRA's assessment of the risk of and/or presence of micro-RNA sequences (miRNA) comprised within the Comirnaty mRNA active ingredient (mRNA genomic sequence).
2. All documents relating to the MHRA's assessment of the risk of and/or presence of Oncomirs (oncogenic miRNA - microRNA) comprised within the Comirnaty mRNA active ingredient (mRNA genomic sequence).
3. All documents relating to the MHRA's assessment of the risk of and/or presence of Stop Codon read-through (suppression of stop codon activity) arising as a result of the use of pseudouridine in the Comirnaty mRNA active ingredient (mRNA genomic sequence).
4. Any document showing that the MHRA has assessed the composition of the final protein product (molecular weight and amino acid sequence) produced following injection of the Comirnaty mRNA product in human subjects.
5. All documents relating to the MHRA's assessment of the risk of the use of the
AESmtRNR1 3' untranslated region of the Comirnaty mRNA product in human subjects.
Yours faithfully,
Matt Cooper
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________________________________________ From: Matt Cooper
<[FOI #835252 email]> Sent: Monday, February 21,
2022 1:31:22 PM To: MHRA Customer Services Subject: Freedom of Information
request - Essential safety documents relating to BNT162b2 Dear Medicines
and Healthcare Regulatory Agency, I would like to request the following
documents relating to the provisional approval of the Pfizer-BionTech
BNT162b2 vaccine in December 2020: 1. All documents relating to the MHRA's
assessment of the risk of and/or presence of micro-RNA sequences (miRNA)
comprised within the Comirnaty mRNA active ingredient (mRNA genomic
sequence). 2. All documents relating to the MHRA's assessment of the risk
of and/or presence of Oncomirs (oncogenic miRNA - microRNA) comprised
within the Comirnaty mRNA active ingredient (mRNA genomic sequence). 3.
All documents relating to the MHRA's assessment of the risk of and/or
presence of Stop Codon read-through (suppression of stop codon activity)
arising as a result of the use of pseudouridine in the Comirnaty mRNA
active ingredient (mRNA genomic sequence). 4. Any document showing that
the MHRA has assessed the composition of the final protein product
(molecular weight and amino acid sequence) produced following injection of
the Comirnaty mRNA product in human subjects. 5. All documents relating to
the MHRA's assessment of the risk of the use of the AESmtRNR1 3'
untranslated region of the Comirnaty mRNA product in human subjects. Yours
faithfully, Matt Cooper
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FOI 22/517
Dear Matt Cooper,
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The non-confidential parts of MHRA's assessment report for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for the regulation 174 authorisation are published in the PAR, a link to this is provided below:
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MHRA Customer Experience Centre
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Dear Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's handling of my FOI request 'Essential safety documents relating to BNT162b2'.
The request was for documents of risk assessments undertaken by MHRA, not by the manufacturer (as those may be exempt from FOI).
ICO guidance is clear on the fact that a public body cannot use this exemption when the confidential document originates from the same public body, except for very limited circumstances.
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Yours faithfully,
Matt Cooper
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________________________________________ From: Matt Cooper
<[FOI #835252 email]> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2022
10:35:38 AM To: MHRA Customer Services Subject: Internal review of Freedom
of Information request - Essential safety documents relating to BNT162b2
Dear Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, Please pass this
on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews. I am writing
to request an internal review of Medicines and Healthcare Products
Regulatory Agency's handling of my FOI request 'Essential safety documents
relating to BNT162b2'. The request was for documents of risk assessments
undertaken by MHRA, not by the manufacturer (as those may be exempt from
FOI). ICO guidance is clear on the fact that a public body cannot use this
exemption when the confidential document originates from the same public
body, except for very limited circumstances. Please state which exemptions
were invoked and the reasons for doing so. A full history of my FOI
request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this
address:
https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlo...
Yours faithfully, Matt Cooper
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Internal Review of FOI 22/517
Dear Matt Cooper,
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We confirm that an internal review will be carried out on FOI 22/517. We normally aim to respond to requests for internal review within 20 working days of receipt. However, due to high volumes of queries we are currently receiving related to COVID-19 please be aware that responses may take longer than usual.
Kind Regards
MHRA Customer Experience Centre
Communications and engagement team
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
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London E14 4PU
Telephone 020 3080 6000
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________________________________________ From: Matt Cooper
<[FOI #835252 email]> Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022
6:21:05 PM To: MHRA Customer Services Subject: Re: Internal Review of FOI
22/517 - RE: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Essential
safety documents relating to BNT162b2 Dear MHRA Customer Services, I await
the internal review. Yours sincerely, Matt Cooper -----Original
Message----- Internal Review of FOI 22/517 Dear Matt Cooper, Thank you for
your email. We confirm that an internal review will be carried out on FOI
22/517. We normally aim to respond to requests for internal review within
20 working days of receipt. However, due to high volumes of queries we are
currently receiving related to COVID-19 please be aware that responses may
take longer than usual. Kind Regards MHRA Customer Experience Centre
Communications and engagement team Medicines and Healthcare products
Regulatory Agency 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 4PU
Telephone 020 3080 6000
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Dear Mr Cooper,
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We apologise you have not yet received a response and we have followed up with the relevant team and hope to respond to you as soon as we can.
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Telephone 020 3080 6000
Internal Review of FOI 22/517
Dear Matt Cooper,
Thank you for your email.
Please find attached the response to your Internal Review request.
Kind Regards
MHRA Customer Experience Centre
Communications and engagement team
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
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