Pfizer Withdraws Emergency-Use Application for its COVID-19 Vaccine in India The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation had earlier declined to approve Pfizer's vaccine without a small local trial on its safety and immunogenicity for Indians. Syringes seen in front of BioNTech and Pfizer logos. Photo: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/File Photo. Health05/Feb/2021 New Delhi: Pfizer Inc has withdrawn an application for emergency-use authorisation of its COVID-19 vaccine in India that it has developed with Germany’s BioNTech, the company told Reuters on Friday. The US company, which was the first drugmaker to apply for emergency use authorisation of its COVID-19 vaccine in India, had a meeting with the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation on Wednesday and the decision was made after that, the company said.