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FDA approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, now called Comirnaty

Enlarge / Empty Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine vials (credit: AHMAD GHARABLI) The Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), the agency announced Monday. The vaccine’s full approval—or Biologics License Application (BLA)—applies for use of a two-dose regimen, given three weeks apart, in […]

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Report: Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine may get full FDA approval Monday

Enlarge / Vials with COVID-19 Vaccine labels showing logos of pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech. (credit: Getty | Photonews) The Food and Drug Administration is aiming to issue full regulatory approval of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine as early as Monday, according to a report by the New York Times. The regulatory agency had […]