- Joined
- Jan 20, 2020
- Messages
- 20,233
- Reaction score
- 4,151
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Progressive
Vaccine by Pfizer-BioNTech could be ready for approval by mid-October -- but there are still 'unknowns' - CNN
I don't know. I didn't think a vaccine this year was possible, much less 100 million doses by end of year. Hopefully this, or one of the other 34 candidates, is the magic bullet. Crazy to think things could ever return to normal.
Pfizer and BioNTech are confident they can have a vaccine against the novel coronavirus ready for regulatory approval by the middle of October or early November, BioNTech CEO and co-founder Ugur Sahin told CNN Tuesday...
Still, BioNTech and Pfizer were two of nine biopharmaceutical companies to sign an unusual pledge to uphold "high ethical standards," suggesting they won't seek premature government approval for Covid-19 vaccine.
This pledge, released on Tuesday, states: "We, the undersigned biopharmaceutical companies, want to make clear our on-going commitment to developing and testing potential vaccines for COVID-19 in accordance with high ethical standards and sound scientific principles."
Sahin told CNN the companies will quickly get regulatory approval for their vaccine once the candidate is submitted, adding: "I believe, given that we have addressed the full package which is required for vaccine development including scientific studies, pre-clinical studies, safety tolerability testing and efficacy testing, there should not be too much time between emergency use authorization and full approval."
I don't know. I didn't think a vaccine this year was possible, much less 100 million doses by end of year. Hopefully this, or one of the other 34 candidates, is the magic bullet. Crazy to think things could ever return to normal.