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Pfizer's Covid-19 Vaccine Just Got Full FDA Approval
- higherup 5y agoTwo questions. Was there ever a phase 2 trail for this Vaccine? Is the full clinical trial data published?
- whymauri 5y agoThere was an abbreviated Phase I/II and a Phase III. Not sure if the data were released.
- nanis 5y agoThe control arms were busted. We touched upon this some time back. If you don't want to dig through the whole messy thread[1], I would recommend "Placebo-Controlled Trials of Covid-19 Vaccines — Why We Still Need Them"[2]. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27987904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27987904 [2]: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2033538 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2033538
- nanis 5y agoSee also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28275509 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28275509