Pook, “takes a wrap-around approach to the efficacy and safety data initially provided with the initial vaccine studies.”
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Then in May, a year after Operation Warp Speed launched, Pfizer applied for FDA approval.Īlthough Pfizer’s vaccine already had the FDA’s go-ahead for emergency use, its potential approval still required the full measure of the FDA’s scrutiny. Moving from emergency use to fully approved And the number of patients experiencing COVID-19, hospitalizations, and deaths dropped between January and June 2021. The emergency use authorization (EUA), though not an approval, meant the FDA determined that the vaccine’s benefits outweighed its risks. Nancy Pook, Network Emergency Medical Director at Kettering Health, shared, “As our world moved quickly to stamp out the tangible threat of the pandemic, the FDA and other organizations had to adapt while still ensuring that quality measures are in place.”Īnd in December, the FDA authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine for emergency use. But the advances in vaccine technology the global cooperation of scientists, researchers, and innovators and the readiness of federal agencies collectively accepted the challenge.Īs Dr.
Getting a safe, effective vaccine for a new virus into the immune systems of Americans in less than a year seemed beyond belief. More specifically, the endeavor challenged agencies and companies to combat the pandemic in record time by preparing to “deliver 300 million doses of a safe, effective vaccine” in less than a year. Against the backdrop of a pandemic gaining speed-with no approved vaccines available-the announcement suggested nothing less its name: expedited efficiency. On May 15, 2020, President Trump announced Operation Warp Speed. The FDA has a tried-and-true approval process to ensure a new vaccine is safe and effective-and available when needed most, like in a pandemic: the fast track. Is it possible to be confident that the vaccine’s approval didn’t come with cut corners or overlooked risks? But among all the possible reactions to the news of Comirnaty’s approval, one seems to matter most to the American public: confidence. These reactions demonstrate everyone’s diverse experiences of the pandemic, and the collective hope of overcoming it.
A history-making vaccine received approval to combat a history-making pandemic in history-making time. Others took it as their cue to get vaccinated, leading to a 17% uptick in Americans receiving their first dose. Many celebrated the news, grateful to see the agency’s official thumbs up for the public’s path through the pandemic. Comirnaty-Pfizer’s newly renamed COVID-19 vaccine-recently became the name heard around the world after receiving the FDA’s full approval.
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