Freedom of Information request about adverse drug reactions (ADR) to COVID-19 vaccines (FOI-21-113)
Published 28 April 2021
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Thank you for your email.
We can confirm that we have published the data you have requested and this is available to view at the following link, please note this information will be updated weekly moving forward: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-reactions
To provide reassurance as to the ongoing benefit and risk assessment of available vaccines and assist the public with the interest of the available data in detail, the MHRA intends to publish suspected reactions reported in association with available COVID-19 vaccines in an interactive format as iDAPs. The use of iDAPs will enable users to view the data by categories of their choice such as age, sex and seriousness of reports. Therefore this information is exempt from release under Section 22 of the Freedom of Information Act (information intended for future publication) and the information you have asked for is exempt from earlier disclosure.
We have your contact information and to help assist we will send you a link to the interactive data report once it has been published. You can be assured that we continue to adhere to the highest standards of safety with available COVID-19 vaccines.
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Kind regards,
FOI Team