Pfizer Expected to File FDA Application for COVID-19 Vaccine Today; Fauci Assures ‘This Is Really Solid’
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced Thursday that Pfizer will be filing an application with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. “Pfizer’s partner, BioNTech, has announced that tomorrow they intend to file for emergency use authorization at the FDA,” said Azar during the White House’s public coronavirus task force meeting. Earlier this week the company Moderna said its preliminary trial data showed its vaccine has a 94.5% effective rate. On Wednesday, Pfizer also went public saying it would be submitting an application to the FDA “within days” after its