FDA ‘All-Hands-on-Deck’ to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Fully Approved

FDA ‘All-Hands-on-Deck’ to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Fully Approved
Dr. Peter Marks, Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research within the Food and Drug Administration answers a question during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss the on-going federal response to Covid-19 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on May 11, 2021. Greg Nash / POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accelerated its reviewing process to get Pfizer and other COVID-19 vaccines fully approved “as rapidly as possible,” which will give the Biden administration, local governments, and employers more flexibility to mandate the vaccines.

“FDA staff will conduct a thorough review process, while balancing the incredible sense of urgency necessary, both of which are needed to ensure that any vaccine that is authorized or approved meets our rigorous standards for safety, effectiveness, and quality,” FDA said in a statement emailed to The Epoch Times, saying the full approval may encourage some people to get vaccinated.