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BREAKING: FDA says Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine meets success criteria

By Sean Whooley | December 8, 2020

Pfizer BioNTechThe FDA today said that the COVID-19 vaccine candidate made by Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech (NSDQ:BNTX) meets success criteria.

Ahead of an advisory meeting on Thursday, Dec. 10, to review the vaccine candidate, the FDA found that data from Pfizer and BioNTech’s trials was “consistent” with its recommendations for emergency use authorization and that the candidate was highly effective without raising any specific safety concerns.

Get the full story at our sister site, MassDevice.


Filed Under: clinical trials, Drug Discovery, Drug Discovery and Development, Infectious Disease
Tagged With: BioNTech, coronavirus, covid-19, COVID-19 vaccine, COVID-19 vaccine trial, FDA, Pfizer
 

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Sean Whooley

Sean Whooley is an associate editor who mainly produces work for MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing and Drug Delivery Business News. He received a bachelor's degree in multiplatform journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park. You can connect with him on LinkedIn or email him at [email protected].

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