Pfizer Asks U.S. Regulators To Approve Emergency Use Of Its COVID-19 Vaccine

NEW YORK (CBSNEWS.COM) - Pfizer said Friday it is asking U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine. The announcement starts the clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early as next month and eventually an end to the pandemic -- but not until after a long, hard winter.

A syringe is seen by the logo of Pfizer's headquarters on November 19, 2020 (credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The action comes days after Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech announced that its vaccine appears 95% effective at preventing mild to severe COVID-19 disease in a large, ongoing study.

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