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THE APPLICATION WAS MADE
Prof. Dr. Uğur Şahin and Dr. An official application was submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the emergency use of the coronavirus vaccine produced by the Germany-based company BioNTech, which It is managed by the Özlem Türeci couple, with the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
Albert Bourla, CEO of the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, said in a video posted today: “Today is a historic day, today is a historic day for science and for all of us.”
“It has been 248 days from the day we announced our plans to cooperate with BioNTech, until the request we submitted today to the US Food and Drug Administration,” Bourla said in his message.
Albert Bourla continued: “From concept to license applications, we have worked at an extraordinary pace in our clinical development program, always maintaining our focus on safety.”
Pfizer was the first US company to apply for a coronavirus vaccine license. According to the statement made today by Pfizer and BioNTech; The candidate vaccine, known as ‘BNT 162b2’, could potentially be used in high-risk population groups in the US in mid-December.
