Thu 19 November 2020:
BioNTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin on Thursday said that the delivery of his firm and Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine could begin before Christmas if the companies get emergency approval in the second half of December. The vaccine was found to be 95% effective in a phase-3 study.
The vaccine’s efficacy was found to be consistent across different ages and ethnicities – a promising sign given the disease has disproportionately hurt the elderly and certain groups including Black people.
The US Food and Drug Administration could grant emergency-use by the middle of December, BioNTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin told Reuters TV. Conditional approval in the European Union could be secured in the second half of December, he added.
“If all goes well I could imagine that we gain approval in the second half of December and start deliveries before Christmas, but really only if all goes positively,” he said.
BioNTech’s Sahin said U.S. emergency use authorization (EUA) would be applied for on Friday.
An FDA advisory committee tentatively plans to meet on Dec. 8-10 to discuss the vaccine, a source familiar with the situation said, though the dates could change. The FDA did not respond to requests for comment.
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