Pfizer and BioNTech to Supply the European Union With up to 1.8 Billion Additional Doses of COMIRNATY®
New agreement to supply 900 million doses to the European Commission with option to request up to an additional 900 million doses Additional dose deliveries beginning December 2021 through 2023 Pfizer and BioNTech have now committed a total of up to 2.4 billion doses of COMIRNATY® to the EC since the beginning of the pandemic Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE today announced a new agreement with the European Commission … New agreement to supply 900 million doses to the European Commission (EC), with option to request up to an additional 900 million doses
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In a Phase 3 trial, the vaccine was 100% effective and generally well tolerated in participants aged 12 to 15 years
Data also submitted to European Medicines Agency (EMA) and other global regulators, with additional authorizations expected in coming weeks
NEW YORK & MAINZ, Germany (BUSINESS WIRE) Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for their COVID-19 vaccine to include individuals 12 to 15 years of age. This is the first COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S. for use in this age group.
(1) Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced the initiation of a Biologics License Application (BLA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of their mRNA vaccine to prevent COVID-19 in individuals 16 years of age and older. Data to support the BLA will be submitted by the companies to the FDA on a rolling basis over the coming weeks, with a request for Priority Review. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date for a decision by the FDA will be set once the BLA is complete and formally accepted for review by the agency.
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine may not protect all vaccine recipients.
In clinical studies, adverse reactions in participants 16 years of age and older included pain at the injection site (84.1%), fatigue (62.9%), headache (55.1%), muscle pain (38.3%), chills (31.9%), joint pain (23.6%), fever (14.2%), injection site swelling (10.5%), injection site redness (9.5%), nausea (1.1%), malaise (0.5%), and lymphadenopathy (0.3%).
Severe allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, have been reported following the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during mass vaccination outside of clinical trials.
Additional adverse reactions, some of which may be serious, may become apparent with more widespread use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Available data on Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administered to pregnant women are insufficient to inform vaccine-associated risks in pregnancy.
BioNTech SE: Pfizer and BioNTech Initiate Rolling Submission of Biologics License Application for U.S. FDA Approval of their COVID-19 Vaccine
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