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The Food and Drug Administration has given their full approval for Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, marking the first covid vaccine to receive FDA approval.
In contrast to the shorter study length required for emergency use authorization, full approval from the FDA requires vaccine manufacturers to submit six months of study data. The FDA also toured manufacturer facilities to ensure the safe and sterile production of the vaccines. ADVERTISEMENT Currently, the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are still being administered under emergency use authorization. Moderna has applied to the FDA’s full authorization process, while Johnson & Johnson says they are hoping to apply later this year. Booster shots also do not have full approval from the FDA and are too being administered under emergency use authorization.