Apparently the company only received the information yesterday. It actually came sooner than expected, because of the excellent results. https://edition.cnn.co

Apparently the company only received the information yesterday. It actually came sooner than expected, because of the excellent results. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/09/business/pfizer-covid-vaccine/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/09/business/pfizer-covid-vac... > But Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla says the timing had nothing to do with politics. In an interview with CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta, Bourla said he first learned about the results of the trial Sunday and he has yet to see the data, throwing cold water on the idea that there was any political motivation behind releasing the news after voters in the United States chose their candidate for president. Pfizer took several interim looks at the data during its vaccine trial, but it did not have enough infections in its test group to gain any meaningful data -- until Sunday, Gupta reported. If anything, the data came earlier than expected: In October, Bourla made a comment in an open letter on Pfizer's website, saying, "Based on our current trial enrollment and dosing pace, we estimate we will reach this milestone in the third week of November."