Adolescent Results Put Pfizer/BioNTech Ahead Of COVID Vaccine Pack, For Now
Hoping For EUA Before Start Of School Year
Executive Summary
An EUA would carve out a market advantage, although Moderna should be releasing similar data soon for its COVID-19 vaccine.
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