COVID-19 Vaccine Race: With Moderna EUA, US FDA Finally Gets Some Bragging Rights

US FDA’s global first for Moderna’s vaccine gets a small mention as agency looks to pharmacovigilance, follow-up studies for both coronavirus inoculations that have now been authorized. Moderna's 18 December EUA comes after an even faster review than for Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine.

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We're Number 2! The FDA's EUA for Moderna's coronavirus vaccine clears the way for more immunizations to occur, likely in the coming days. • Source: Shutterstock

The US Food and Drug Administration took just the briefest of victory laps during a Friday night press conference after granting emergency use authorization to Moderna, Inc.’s coronavirus vaccine.

Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, noted, “We’re now the first country that has authorized...

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