Timeline
2019
2020
- Langen Junior Science Award
- WHO Declares Pandemic
- Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
- Supply Bottleneck for Pneumococcal Vaccines
- Blood Donation Remains Possible
- Convalescent Plasma: First Clinical Trial
- COVID-19 Vaccines: First Clinical Trial
- Marketing Authorisation of Gene Therapy
- COVID-19 Vaccines: Second Clinical Trial Approved
- German Presidency of the EU Council
- COVID-19 Vaccines: Two Clinical Trials Approved
- Another Clinical Trial Approved
- Start of Two Rolling Review Procedures
- Allergen Products: European Standards
- Allergen Product: First European Marketing Authorisation
- COVID-19 Peptide Vaccine: First Clinical Trial
- COVID-19 Vaccine: Third Rolling Review Procedure
- Validation of COVID-19 Rapid Tests
- First Marketing Authorisation of a COVID-19 Vaccine
- SafeVac App Available
In Germany, blood and blood products are safe medicinal products. Experts from the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut make sure that that continues to be the case, in spite of known and emerging pathogens. For this reason, since January 2020 the testing of blood components for transfusion and stem cell preparations for hepatitis E has been mandatory; with effect from 2021 this is also the case for frozen fresh plasma.