Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech have formally asked the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use authorisation for their Covid-19 vaccine.This was the first such application in a major step toward providing protection against the deadly virus.
Pfizer Inc became the first to do so in the US or Europe as the Covid-19 pandemic rages around the world.Here is your 10-point cheat-sheet to this story:1) Pfizer's application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use authorisation of its Covid-19 vaccine comes just days after the global drugmakers reported final trial results that showed the vaccine was 95% effective in preventing coronavirus with no major safety concerns.2) Confirming the application,.