Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Wednesday people may need a fourth dose of its COVID vaccine sooner than expected after a preliminary study showed the new Omicron variant can undermine antibody protection in those with only doses. Pfizer and BioNTech released results from its initial lab study Wednesday showing a third dose was protective against […]
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Moderna, Pfizer Studies Don’t Support COVID Vaccine Mandates, Physician Says
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) controversial plan to enforce COVID-19 vaccinations for large businesses—recently enjoined by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals— was ostensibly designed to minimize “deadly outbreaks of COVID-19.” The ability of COVID-19 vaccines to protect life is at the heart of the OSHA mandate and the fierce debate over similar […]
FDA Clears New Formula of Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine for Kids and Adults Despite No Data on Safety or Efficacy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Oct. 29, 2021, approved emergency use authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, signing off on a new formula that contains tromethamine (Tris), without requiring animal or human data to assess safety or efficacy. Instead, the FDA conducted “analytical comparability assessments” […]
FDA Asks Federal Judge for 55 Years to Fully Release Data Supporting Licensure of Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked a federal judge on Nov. 15 to give it fifty-five years to fully release all of the data and information it relied upon in licensing Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID vaccine. The FDA’s request was made in a filing as part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit by […]