BioNTech, first German lawsuit

BioNTech, first German lawsuit over alleged COVID vaccine side effects

https://www.thelocal.com/20230612/german-courts-start-examining-claims-over-covid-jabs/

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/biontech-faces-first-german-lawsuit-over-alleged-covid-vaccine-side-effects/ar-AA1coznF

BioNTech to court

Postponed for a few days

Lawsuit from a German woman,

seeking damages for alleged side effects COVID-19 vaccine

(first of potentially hundreds of cases)
Damages for bodily harm and material damage

Claims

She suffered vaccine induced upper-body pain, swollen extremities, fatigue and sleeping disorder.

Tobias Ulbrich

to challenge in court EU and German assessment that the BioNTech has a positive risk-benefit profile.

German criteria

Makers of drugs or vaccines, only liable if "medical science" shows that their products cause disproportionate harm,

or if the label information is wrong.

Comirnaty

Given to 1.5 billion (64 million in Germany)

The European Medicines Agency (EMA)

Has registered almost 1.7 million spontaneous reports of suspected side-effects by May

(0.2 for every 100 administered doses)