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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that it has granted priority review for the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. A decision on whether to fully approve the vaccine will likely be made within two months.
2021-07-16

U.S. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announces that the Biden administration will ship 2 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Peru and 2.5 million doses of the Moderna vaccine to Pakistan. Additionally, the United States will also send vaccine doses to Bangladesh.
2021-06-29

U.S. President Joe Biden announces that his administration has finalized a deal purchasing a total of 200 million vaccine doses from Moderna and Pfizer.
2021-02-11

The Netherlands begins a vaccination programme against COVID-19 with a nurse becoming the first person to be vaccinated with Pfizer's Tozinameran vaccine.
2021-01-6

President-elect Joe Biden and incoming First Lady Dr. Jill Biden receive their first shot of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine on live television to reassure Americans of the safety of vaccines. Meanwhile, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and incoming Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff announce that they will receive their vaccines next week.
2020-12-21

Swissmedic approves the authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use in Switzerland.
2020-12-19

Pfizer and BioNTech announce that they will ask the European Medicines Agency to approve their potential vaccine candidate.
2020-12-1

Pfizer announces that they have launched a pilot delivery program for their potential vaccine in Rhode Island, Texas, New Mexico, and Tennessee.
2020-11-17

American company Pfizer and German company BioNTech say that they are on track to being submitted for regulatory review as early as October.
2020-08-21

Pfizer Inc. decides to terminate its $160 billion merger with Allergan, Plc as officials in Washington crack down on corporate inversions. Pfizer will need to pay a $400 million fee to Allergan for expenses relating to the deal.
2016-04-5