{UAH} THE PRESIDENT DELIVERS A VACCINE IN 2020 AS HE PROMISED part two

FDA panel endorses Pfizer vaccine for public use in final step before authorization

by Cassidy Morrison, Healthcare Reporter | 

 

 December 10, 2020 05:43 PM

 

Food and Drug Administration vaccine experts recommended that Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine be authorized for public use, the final step before the agency issues its emergency use authorization.

The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted Thursday to recommend the the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for emergency use authorization was 17 to 4, with one abstention.

Authorization would kick off the huge government undertaking of distributing the initial 100 million doses — enough to immunize 50 million people — to healthcare workers and nursing home residents.

The Trump administration has been criticized in recent days for passing up Pfizer’s offer to provide additional vaccines beyond what the administration and the companies agreed upon in a multi-billion dollar contract over the summer. Now, Pfizer cannot guarantee that supplies will last.

The FDA reported in an extensive analysis on Dec. 8 that the Pfizer vaccine had proven effective within about 10 days of the first dose and it worked well regardless of a trial volunteer’s age, weight, or age.

The panel’s decision comes shortly after the U.S. endured the deadliest day of the pandemic so far, with a record 3,054 deaths confirmed on Wednesday, according to the COVID Tracking Project. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 on Wednesday also reached a record high at 106,688

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