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Phoelich, Maxime Laurens (2022)

De efficiëntie van besluitvorming: Een onderzoek naar het goedkeuringsproces van coronavaccins in het Verenigd Koninkrijk en Nederland

Master thesis | Management publieke sector (MSc)

With the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, the United Kingdom no longer has the same drug approval process as the European Union. This study therefore compares the approval processes of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands by examining which country was quicker to approve the COVID-19 vaccines. Three possible explanations will be used to examine which aspect of the procedure could explain any differences. The explanations are about coordination, multi-level governance and the rigor of the approval process. The analysis shows that the United Kingdom was quicker to approve the first two COVID-19 vaccines and the Netherlands was quicker to approve the other two COVID-19 vaccines. Thus, no country can be classified as quicker. Of the possible explanations, only the coordination explanation possibly played a role in the speed of the approval process.

Covid

besluitvorming

Nederland

Verenigd Koninkrijk

EMA

MHRA

vaccins

Author

Phoelich, Maxime Laurens

Faculty

Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

Specialisation

Politiek, Beleid en Management

Supervisors

Toshkov, D.D.

ECTS Credits

20

Language

nl