After the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/eus-medicines-agency-responsible-for-vaccine-approval-suffers-cyber-attack-348654">European Medicines Agency</a> (EMA) said it was targeting in a cyber attack, US pharma giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said its coronavirus vaccine was "unlawfully accessed" with documents relating the vaccine being accessed.

EMA is the chief European regulator&nbsp;responsible for approving the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/coronavirus-scare-on-cruise-ship-a-false-alarm-singapore-says-348814">coronavirus</a> vaccine. The EMA has still not disclosed who caused the attack and exactly how much damage was done during the attack. The EMA had said that it was investigating the cyber attack along with law enforcement agencies.

The EMA has stipulated December 29 as the date to review the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine which is already being underway in Britain. Moderna's vaccine will be reviewed by January 12 by the European medicine agency.

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Pfizer said it was "unaware of any personal data being accessed" as BioNTech declared that "unaware that any study participants have been identified through the data being accessed."

"The EMA has assured us that the cyberattack will have no impact on the timeline for its review," both two companies assured.

Earlier this year Britain had accused Russian-based hackers of targeting labs conducting<a href="https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/sri-lanka-cremates-muslim-covid-19-victims-against-religious-wishes-348632"> coronavirus</a> vaccine research with reports claiming in the Spanish media that with Spanish laboratories reportedly being attacked by Chinese cybercriminals.

According to the Wall Street Journal, cybercriminals had tried to attack pharmaceutical companies developing vaccines including Johnson &amp; Johnson, Novavax, AstraZeneca and South Korean laboratories.

After the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it was targeting in a cyber attack, US pharma giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said its coronavirus vaccine was "unlawfully accessed" with documents relating the vaccine being accessed.

After the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it was targeting in a cyber attack, US pharma giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said its coronavirus vaccine was "unlawfully accessed" with documents relating the vaccine being accessed. EMA is the chief European regulator responsible for approving the coronavirus vaccine. The EMA has still not disclosed who caused the attack and exactly how much damage was done during the attack. The EMA had said that it was investigating the cyber attack along with law enforcement agencies. The EMA has stipulated December 29 as the date to review the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine which is already being underway in Britain. Moderna's vaccine will be reviewed by January 12 by the European medicine agency. Watch: Pfizer said it was "unaware of any personal data being accessed" as BioNTech declared that "unaware that any study participants have been identified through the data being accessed." "The EMA has assured us that the cyberattack will have no impact on the timeline for its review," both two companies assured. Earlier this year Britain had accused Russian-based hackers of targeting labs conducting coronavirus vaccine research with reports claiming in the Spanish media that with Spanish laboratories reportedly being attacked by Chinese cybercriminals. According to the Wall Street Journal, cybercriminals had tried to attack pharmaceutical companies developing vaccines including Johnson & Johnson, Novavax, AstraZeneca and South Korean laboratories.

European Medicines Agency hacking: Pfizer-BioNTech confirm vaccine documents 'unlawfully accessed'

More than 1.3 million coronavirus tests were dropped from the tally of coronavirus tests in the United Kingdom, which was spotted by various health experts.

However, the British government has now announced that the number was reduced after a double counting was spotted in the number of dispatched tests.

“An adjustment of -1,308,071 has been made to the historic data for the ‘tests made available’ metric. The adjustments have been made as a result of more accurate data collection and reporting processes recently being adopted within pillar 2,” read an update on the website.

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The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) said&nbsp;there had been “a double-counting of test kits that had been dispatched” between May 14 and August 12 “which had not been removed from the lab’s processed data”.

The fault was spotted after it was discovered that fewer in-person pillar 2 tests had been carried out than originally reported, while more tests had been sent to NHS trusts and care homes. DHSC claimed that the error was spotted on July 6 but the tests were removed from August 12 data.

A DHSC spokesperson said: “In July we became aware of an overcounting issue which we publicly and transparently acknowledged and have since sought to clarify these figures subsequently.

“This does not change the fact that we have rapidly built, from scratch, the largest diagnostic testing industry in British history, with over 13 million tests delivered, and capacity to test 300,000 every day.”

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Pillar 2 tests involve all testing done outside hospitals through commercial companies. For example, swab tests carried out at satellite testing centres, such as care homes, and home swab testing kits delivered by post.

However, this raised concerns amid citizens and experts who believe the data can be 'shambolic'.&nbsp;Justin Madders, the shadow health minister, said,&nbsp;“To now retrospectively adjust the testing figures by 1.3m overnight – without explanation – is the latest in a long line of chaotic failings by the government on testing.”

“How can we be confident that testing and tracing is working properly when basic data on the number of tests is obviously so flawed? Ministers need to get a grip of this as a matter of urgency,” he added.

(With inputs from agencies)

More than 1.3 million coronavirus tests were dropped from the tally of coronavirus tests in the United Kingdom, which was spotted by various health experts. However, the British government has now announced that the number was reduced after a double counting was spotted in the number of dispatched tests.

More than 1.3 million coronavirus tests were dropped from the tally of coronavirus tests in the United Kingdom, which was spotted by various health experts. However, the British government has now announced that the number was reduced after a double counting was spotted in the number of dispatched tests. “An adjustment of -1,308,071 has been made to the historic data for the ‘tests made available’ metric. The adjustments have been made as a result of more accurate data collection and reporting processes recently being adopted within pillar 2,” read an update on the website. Also read: UK imposes 14-day quarantine on people travelling from France The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) said there had been “a double-counting of test kits that had been dispatched” between May 14 and August 12 “which had not been removed from the lab’s processed data”. The fault was spotted after it was discovered that fewer in-person pillar 2 tests had been carried out than originally reported, while more tests had been sent to NHS trusts and care homes. DHSC claimed that the error was spotted on July 6 but the tests were removed from August 12 data. A DHSC spokesperson said: “In July we became aware of an overcounting issue which we publicly and transparently acknowledged and have since sought to clarify these figures subsequently. “This does not change the fact that we have rapidly built, from scratch, the largest diagnostic testing industry in British history, with over 13 million tests delivered, and capacity to test 300,000 every day.” × Pillar 2 tests involve all testing done outside hospitals through commercial companies. For example, swab tests carried out at satellite testing centres, such as care homes, and home swab testing kits delivered by post. However, this raised concerns amid citizens and experts who believe the data can be 'shambolic'. Justin Madders, the shadow health minister, said, “To now retrospectively adjust the testing figures by 1.3m overnight – without explanation – is the latest in a long line of chaotic failings by the government on testing.” “How can we be confident that testing and tracing is working properly when basic data on the number of tests is obviously so flawed? Ministers need to get a grip of this as a matter of urgency,” he added. (With inputs from agencies)

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