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Pfizer Covid Vaccine Faces Hurdles After FDA Filing Friday

  • Information on Pfizer’s shot is now in regulators’ hands
  • FDA advisers to meet in early December to discuss trial data
Pfizer, BioNTech to Seek Emergency FDA Authorization for Covid Vaccine
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Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE requested emergency authorization of their Covid vaccine on Friday, and it could take at least three weeks for a U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision as trial data is probed by agency staff and outside advisers.