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Updated Dec. 15, 2020 10:20 am ET The European Union’s chief drug regulator will accelerate its review of a Covid-19 vaccine after coming under pressure from some governments to authorize the shot, as the continent struggles to contain a wave of cases ahead of the Christmas period. The European Medicines Agency said on Tuesday it would meet on Dec. 21, eight days earlier than previously scheduled, to consider authorizing the shot developed by Germany’s BioNTech SE and Pfize...

10 Monday AM Reads My back to work morning train WFH reads: •  How Pfizer Delivered a Covid Vaccine in Record Time: Crazy Deadlines, a Pushy CEO Albert Bourla and his team overcame unproven science and manufacturing bottlenecks; ‘you’re asking for too much’ (Wall Street Journal) • The Return to the Office Gets Put on Hold Most Americans can’t do their jobs from home. BLS reports only one-third of U.S. workers before 2020 held jobs that could feasibly be perf...

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