FDA approves first COVID-19 vaccine, but was it pushed into speedy action?
The US Food and Drug Administration late Friday issued the first emergency use authorization (EUA) for a vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in individuals 16 years of age and older.
The emergency use authorization allows US pharma giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and German partner BioNTech’s (Nasdaq: BNTX) vaccine, dubbed BNT162b2, to be distributed in the USA. The decision follows a 17-4 vote by a panel of FDA exports to recommend approval of the vaccine on Thursday.
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