How to Use emergency use authorization in a Sentence

emergency use authorization

noun
  • The move is likely to lead to full approval of the drug, which has been available under emergency use authorization.
    Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • In August, during the height of the outbreak, the vaccine got emergency use authorization to help prevent further illness.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The drug is currently available because of the FDA's emergency use authorization.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The medication has been used by millions of Americans since the FDA granted it emergency use authorization in late 2021.
    Matthew Perrone, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Those two vaccines will be available under an emergency use authorization for children 11 years old and younger, as will the Novavax vaccine, which is authorized for use in people 12 and older.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The agency granted emergency use authorization to the Lucira Covid-19 & Flu Test, which provides results in about 30 minutes from samples collected by a nasal swab.
    Laurie McGinley, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Early on, using powers granted by the public health emergency, the FDA required labs to apply for emergency use authorization.
    Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Her efforts at the company guided the team to securing an FDA emergency use authorization for a Covid-19 diagnostic test.
    Philip Smith, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Two sources indicated the FDA is exploring the possibility of granting the boosters a full approval license instead of an emergency use authorization, a departure from the approach used for previous Covid vaccine authorizations.
    Monica Alba, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023

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