U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said they have applied to the European Medicines Agency for the conditional marketing authorization of their coronavirus vaccine.
If the authorization is granted, it could potentially enable use of Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine in Europe before the end of 2020, BioNTech said in a press release.
Such authorization, known as a CMA, is granted to medicines or vaccines "that address unmet medical needs of patients on the basis of less comprehensive data than normally required," the EMA says on its website. The available data must indicate that the medicine's benefits outweigh its risks and the applicant should be in a position to provide the comprehensive clinical data in the future.
The news comes almost two weeks after Pfizer and BioNTech said that final data analysis from the late-stage clinical trial of their coronavirus vaccine showed it was 95% effective in preventing Covid-19 infection.
The vaccine, called BNT162b2, becomes highly effective against the virus 28 days after the first dose, the drugmakers said in mid-November, and its effectiveness was consistent across all ages, races and ethnicities.
Additionally, the elderly, who are at a higher risk of severe illness from Covid-19, saw vaccine effectiveness of more than 94%, the companies said. Pfizer and BioNTech applied for an emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for their coronavirus vaccine on November 20.
Rival drugmaker Moderna said Monday it will request emergency clearance from the FDA for its coronavirus vaccine after new data confirmed the vaccine was more than 94% effective in preventing Covid-19 and was safe.
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- CNBC's Berkeley Lovelace contributed reporting to this story.
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