Pfizer, BioNTech To Submit EUA Request To FDA

  • 20/11/2020

Kuwait City : On Friday, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they will submit a request to the US Food and Drug Administration for Emergency Use Authorization of their coronavirus vaccine. In a statement, Pfizer said that "This will potentially enable use of the vaccine  in high-risk populations in the US by the middle to end of December 2020."  Dr Albert Bourla, Chairman and CEO of Pfizer said that "Our work to deliver a safe and effective vaccine has never been more urgent, as we continue to see an alarming rise in the number of cases of Covid-19 globally," Also he added that "Filing in the US represents a critical milestone in our journey to deliver a Covid-19 vaccine  to the world and we now have a more complete picture of both the efficacy and safety profile of our vaccine, giving us confidence in its potential." CEO and Co-Founder of BioNTech Ugur Sahin said filing for the EUA in the US is a critical step in making our vaccine candidate available to the global population as quickly as possible,"   

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