mRNA vaccines
Widely usedCompany-reported
- What happened
Pfizer and BioNTech had supplied more than one billion doses of their COVID-19 vaccine, BioNTech said.
- How far from your life
Everyday life
mRNA vaccines in lipid nanoparticles is on step 5 of 5. It is probably already in your life.
- Source
“BioNTech and partner Pfizer have supplied more than one billion doses of their COVID-19 vaccine”Reuters, 9 Aug 2021
Company-reported: the only source so far is the company itself. It still counts on the ladder, and we show the flag until an independent source backs it.
The bigger picture
More on mRNA vaccines
On step 5 of 5: Everyday life. Everything we track on it
- Approval
The FDA fully approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, now sold as Comirnaty: the first COVID-19 vaccine to get full approval. Its review covered about 20,000 people who got the vaccine and 20,000 who got a placebo.
US FDA, 23 Aug 2021 - Approval
The FDA authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for emergency use in people 16 and older, based on a randomized, blinded trial in thousands of people.
US FDA, 23 Aug 2021