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Pfizer says jab 100% effective in 12- to 15-year-olds
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Albert Bourla, Pfizer’s chair and chief executive, added that the company planned to seek emergency authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration "in the coming weeks and to other regulators around the world, with the hope of starting to vaccinate this age group before the start of the next school year." Pfizer says jab 100% effective in 12- to 15-year-olds
Pfizer and BioNTech said on Wednesday their COVID-19 vaccine was safe and effective and produced robust antibody responses in 12- to 15-year olds, paving the way for them to seek U.S. emergency use authorization in weeks.
Pfizer says its Covid vaccine is safe and 100% effective in preventing the illness in young people aged 12 to 15.
Pfizer hopes that vaccinations of the group could begin before the next school year, Albert Bourla, Pfizer’s chair and chief executive, said in a statement.
In the trial of 2,260 adolescents aged 12 to 15, there were 18 coronavirus cases in the group that got a placebo shot and none in the group that got the vaccine, resulting in 100% efficacy in preventing Covid-19, Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said in a statement.
Pfizer’s vaccine is already authorised for use in people starting at age 16, Reuters reports.
Bourla added that the company planned to seek emergency authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration “in the coming weeks and to other regulators around the world, with the hope of starting to vaccinate this age group before the start of the next school year”.
