Major international governments have signed multibillion-dollar legal contracts with drug companies in order to secure access to covid-19 vaccines. But the drug companies and governments have refused to divulge details, saying the information is “commercial in confidence.” In 2021, we got our first peek at contracts between Pfizer and various international countries after they were leaked to The […]
COVID Vaccines Are Still Being Recommended to Pregnant Women Despite Trial Data
In January 2021, in the absence of any human data in pregnancy, the CDC stated on its website that mRNA vaccines were “unlikely to pose a specific risk for people who are pregnant.” Former CDC director Rochelle Walensky backed it up with a full-throated endorsement of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy. “There is no bad time to get vaccinated,” said […]
Pfizer’s ‘Fully Approved’ Comirnaty Vaccine is Still Not Available in the U.S.
On August 23, 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer’s biological licensing application (BLA) for its COVID-19 vaccine named COMIRNATY for people aged 16yrs and older. At the time, vaccine hesitancy was persistent and the acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock said that granting full approval to the vaccine might “instill additional confidence” in people to get […]