An Ambitious COVID-19 Vaccine Development Plan For Pfizer And BioNtech

Pfizer said it is dosing patients now with an mRNA-based vaccine and expects human data in May/June, with a goal to have a vaccine available for emergency use possibly by October.

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Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine is in human testing • Source: Shutterstock

Pfizer Inc. laid out an ambitious timeline to bring a COVID-19 vaccine to patients as early as the fall, potentially with an emergency use authorization. Worldwide R&D President Mikael Dolsten outlined the plan during the company's first quarter sales and earnings call on 28 April.

The company is developing a messenger RNA-based vaccine with BioNTech under a collaboration expanded in April to include an investigational...

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