Lost in the U.S. launch of the coronavirus vaccine is a fact most don’t know when they roll up their sleeves: In rare cases of serious illness from the shots, the injured are blocked from suing and steered instead to an obscure federal bureaucracy with a record of seldom paying claims. Housed in a nondescript… Continue reading Bureaucratic ‘Black Hole’ Awaits Injury Claims from Coronavirus Vaccine
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Pfizer Vaccine Gets Emergency Authorization
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended approval of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, clearing the way for the FDA to grant emergency authorization of the vaccine as early as Friday. The approval—by a vote of 17-4 with one abstention after a daylong hearing—came as Covid-19 infections continued surging,… Continue reading Pfizer Vaccine Gets Emergency Authorization
FDA Advisory Panel Takes Up Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration plans to continue to monitor the use of Covid-19 vaccines even after their release, the agency said Thursday, including tracking factors such as manufacturing quality and the balance of benefits and risks. Doran Fink, deputy clinical director of the FDA’s division of vaccines, made the remarks in a written statement… Continue reading FDA Advisory Panel Takes Up Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
Pfizer Says Vaccine Is 95% Effective in Final Data, Will Seek Authorization
An experimental Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE was 95% effective in final results from a pivotal study and is showing signs of being safe, key pieces of data as the companies prepare to ask health regulators to authorize use. Pfizer plans to seek authorization for the vaccine within days, the companies said… Continue reading Pfizer Says Vaccine Is 95% Effective in Final Data, Will Seek Authorization
Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine Proves 90% Effective in Latest Trials
A vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and partner proved better than expected at protecting people from Covid-19 in a pivotal study, a milestone in the hunt for shots that can stop the global pandemic. The vaccine proved to be more than 90% effective in the first 94 subjects who were infected by the new coronavirus… Continue reading Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine Proves 90% Effective in Latest Trials
U.S. Outlines Sweeping Plan to Provide Free COVID-19 Vaccines
The government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, assuming a safe and effective shot is developed, even as top health officials faced questions about political interference with virus information reaching the public. In a report to Congress and an accompanying “playbook” for states and localities,… Continue reading U.S. Outlines Sweeping Plan to Provide Free COVID-19 Vaccines
The Rush for a Vaccine Leaves Little Recourse for Anyone It Harms
Americans who suffer adverse reactions to coronavirus vaccines that the U.S. is racing to develop will have a hard time getting compensated for injuries from the drugs. That’s because pandemic-related claims for vaccines will be routed to a rarely used federal program set up to encourage drugmakers to help combat public health emergencies. It spares… Continue reading The Rush for a Vaccine Leaves Little Recourse for Anyone It Harms