The FDA just approved Pfizer’s COVID vaccine – US vaccinations can now begin

[Andy Meek]

• The FDA late Friday night finally gave its formal approval of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine candidate, paving the way for COVID-19 vaccinations to now begin in the US.
• The Friday night approval of Pfizer's vaccine by the FDA sets the stage for an historic public vaccination to now begin in the US.
• Other coronavirus vaccines from makers like Moderna are still forthcoming in the US, as well, once they receive approval of their own.

The US Food and Drug Administration late Friday night finally gave a green light to Pfizer’s request for an emergency use authorization for its coronavirus vaccine candidate.

Here's a letter from the FDA to Pfizer's authorizing Pfizer's vaccine for emergency use. The approval, which had actually been expected to happen sometime on Saturday, paves the way for shipments of the long-awaited vaccine to begin to get underway around the US. And, more importantly, for the first Americans to finally be given an officially approved vaccine for the pathogen that, through Friday, has killed just shy of 300,000 Americans based on Johns Hopkins University data.

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