FDA says Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine authorization likely: What happens next

The US FDA plans to grant Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization, the agency has confirmed today, in a move that could see deployment of the drug as early as next week. BNT162b2, the mRNA vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical company this year amid the spreading coronavirus pandemic, received the blessing of the FDA’s vaccine committee yesterday. In what amounted … Continue reading