Full OK for Covid Shots Will Take Months, FDA Vaccine Chief Says

Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers will have to wait several months before the FDA decides whether to grant full approval, as opposed to the weeks it took to review data for an emergency use authorization.

“We’ll move as fast as we can, but we have to do the job correctly,” Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the Food and Drug Administration, said Thursday at a conference for FDA attorneys.

Pfizer Inc. applied for a biologics license May 7, making it the first of the three authorized Covid-19 vaccine makers in the U.S. to seek full ...