Covid-19 vaccine to meet rigorous safety standards, more than 60 leading researchers and bioethicists said.The letter, obtained by Bloomberg Law and verified by six signatories, was sent Friday following reports that Pfizer’s clinical trial will yield conclusive results in October.
That would likely put the company ahead of Moderna Inc. and AstraZeneca PLC and other promising vaccine candidates.But the researchers said Pfizer’s clinical trial needs to monitor participants for at least two months after they received the second dose.
That would bring the New York-based pharmaceutical giant into at least late November before the Food and Drug Administration should consider granting an emergency use authorization, according to the letter.“To.