Fauci Sees Pfizer Shot Clearance for Teens ‘Within Days’ (1)

May 5, 2021, 4:03 PM UTC

The Food and Drug Administration is likely to authorize emergency use Pfizer Inc.’s coronavirus vaccine in adolescents 12- to 15-years old “within several days,” White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci said Wednesday.

“I think it is going to be very soon,” Fauci said in an interview with NBC News. “I mean, I don’t want to get ahead of the FDA, but I believe it is going to be within several days. I cannot imagine it is going to be much longer than that.”

Pfizer Inc. Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said in a conference call Tuesday that he ...

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