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Federal Judge rejects Pfizer’s interchangeability and questions the existence of Comirnaty

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Debates surrounding Pfizer’s FDA approved Comirnaty vaccine continue as a Federal District Judge recently weighed in on the matter. Judge Allen Winsor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, whom President Donald J. Trump nominated in 2018, rejected the Department of Defenses’ (DOD) claim that Pfizer’s approved Comirnaty vaccine is interchangeable […]

Pfizer makes “workflow solutions” to keep up with COVID-19 vaccine adverse events

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LYNNWOOD, Was., December 5, 2021 – As Reuters reported in November, a group of scientists issued a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, asking the U.S. Government to release the data it reviewed before licensing Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. In response, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed it be given 55 years to review and […]

Op-Ed: Rehumanizing the unvaccinated

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While debates surrounding COVID-19 vaccines continue, late-night talk shows and popular news outlets have sought to sort the general public into two different camps: the “rational” pro-vaccine side that trusts the science and the “irrational” vaccine-hesitant side that does not. However, as is the case with most issues concerning the human race, it isn’t that […]

The FDA authorizes Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for all adults

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SILVER SPRINGS, MD, November 19, 2021 – Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUA) for both the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines authorizing use of a single booster dose for all individuals 18 years of age and older after completion of primary vaccination with any FDA-authorized or approved COVID-19 […]

King County requires proof of vaccination and CDC’s potential changes

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SEATTLE, Wash., November 4, 2021 – King County now requires customers to be fully vaccinated if they wish to dine indoors, and with the CDC’s definition of fully vaccinated prone to change, residents might have to get jabbed again. With flu season on its way, the CDC will also make changes to COVID-19 testing methods. […]

FDA extends EUA for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine in children 5-11 years of age

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LYNNWOOD, Wash., October 29, 2021 – Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 to include children 5 through 11 years of age. The authorization was based on the FDA’s thorough and transparent evaluation of the data that included input from independent […]

FDA-approved Pfizer Comirnaty vaccine clarifications

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Shortly after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for the Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine, the Lynnwood Times asked the administration several clarifying questions regarding the approval and the rebranding of Pfizer’s vaccine.  Certain components of the FDA’s literature on the matter left questions unanswered. For example, why is the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine being marketed […]

FDA authorizes boosters of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for high risk populations

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SILVER SPRING, MD, September 22, 2021 – Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to allow for use of a single booster dose, to be administered at least six months after completion of the primary series in: individuals 65 years of age and older; […]

Is the Pfizer vaccine FDA approved?

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On August 23, the Food and Drug Administration granted approval for a COVID-19 vaccine. But the jab in question is called the “Comirnaty” vaccine. The labels for vials of Pfizer-BioNTech are still marked for “Emergency Use Authorization.” The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of a COVID-19 vaccine has encouraged elected officials to move forward […]

Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines 94% effective

Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna 94% effective

ATLANTA, Ga., May 14, 2021 – Today the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released findings from its real-world evidence based study of 500,000 health care personnel (HCP) in 25 states that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are 94% effective against COVID-19.  “This report provided the most compelling information to date that COVID-19 vaccines […]

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