FDA Says Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine Is Safe.<br />The U.S. Food and Drug Administration <br />published its initial findings concerning <br />the vaccine in briefing documents on Tuesday.<br />[The Pfizer vaccine shows] a <br />favorable safety profile, with <br />no specific safety concerns, FDA Briefing Documents, <br />via Politico.<br />Pfizer is seeking <br />emergency use approval <br />of its vaccine from the FDA.<br />Data from Pfizer shows a swift immune response <br />in patients to the vaccine following the first of two doses.<br />The data shows efficacy of the <br />vaccine against severe COVID-19 cases <br />to be 88 percent following the first dose, .<br />and then 95 percent <br />following the second.<br />The independent vaccine advisory committee <br />of the FDA is scheduled to meet on Thursday.<br />A decision regarding approval <br />of the Pfizer vaccine could follow <br />at any time following that meeting.<br />The U.K. became the <br />first Western nation <br />to begin vaccinating <br />its citizens on Tuesday
