Pfizer's Covid-19 Vaccine Just Got Full FDA Approval

[Alex3917]

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/azeenghorayshi/pfizer-vaccine-fda-approval

[higherup]

Two questions.

Was there ever a phase 2 trail for this Vaccine?

Is the full clinical trial data published?

[whymauri → higherup]

There was an abbreviated Phase I/II and a Phase III. Not sure if the data were released.

[nanis → whymauri]

The control arms were busted.

We touched upon this some time back. If you don't want to dig through the whole messy thread[1], I would recommend "Placebo-Controlled Trials of Covid-19 Vaccines — Why We Still Need Them"[2].

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27987904

[2]: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2033538

[nanis]

See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28275509