Boston Medical Center (BMC) received the area’s first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID19 vaccine on Monday morning, taking it into cold storage immediately and, on Wednesday, beginning the first rounds of vaccinations on staff members.
Mass General Brigham followed suit on Tuesday, receiving 9,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and putting it in storage as well. On Wednesday, prioritized employees began to be vaccinated throughout its network of 12 hospitals.
Belza Betancur, RN, received the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine administered by Massachusetts General Hospital on Dec. 16, 2020. The hospital hopes to vaccinate thousands of prioritized employees in the coming weeks and months.
Health and Human Services: Pfizer had been unable to commit to delivery date
Dec 17, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. officials say they’re actively negotiating for additional purchases of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine after passing up a chance to lock in a contract this summer since it was still unclear how well the shots would work.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and special adviser Dr. Moncef Slaoui also told reporters Wednesday that Pfizer had been unable to commit to a firm delivery date. Azar called that “the core issue.”
There was no immediate comment from the company, whose CEO Albert Bourla told CNN this week it is “working very collaboratively” with the government to deliver additional vaccine through the federal Operation Warp Speed. That’s a White House-backed, taxpayer-funded effort to quickly develop coronavirus vaccines and treatments.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will rapidly work towards granting emergency approval of Moderna Inc. s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said on Thursday.
A panel of outside advisers to the FDA overwhelmingly endorsed the emergency use of Moderna s coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, virtually assuring a second option for protecting against COVID-19 for a pandemic ravaged nation.
The committee voted 20-0 with one abstention that the benefits of the vaccine outweighed its risks in people aged 18 and older.
A week ago, the same panel backed a vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and German partner BioNTech SE, leading to an FDA emergency use authorization (EUA) a day later.
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