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FDA approves emergency use authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

(Eagle News) — The Food and Drug Administration has granted the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. FDA director-general Eric Domingo made the announcement on Thursday, January 14. With the decision, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is the first vaccine that can be administered legally in the Philippines. “The interim data from the ongoing Phase 3 trial shows the vaccine has an efficacy rate of 95% in the study population and at least 92% […]