The FDA formally authorized Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in adults.

USA TODAY: On December 18th The FDA formally authorized Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine ​for use in adults.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Americans will soon have access to a second COVID-19 vaccine.

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Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, granted emergency authorization Friday to a vaccine made by Moderna, a week after giving similar clearance to one made by Pfizer and its German collaborator, BioNTech.  He is "authorizing" rather than approving the vaccine, because longer-term research is needed to meet the full standards for approval, which officials don't want to wait for during the public health emergency. ​

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The speedy path to authorization was possible because the agency “cut through regulatory red tape,” Hahn said at a Friday night press conference. "We worked quickly based on the urgency of this global pandemic ... we have not cut corners."

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The announcement makes the U.S. the first country to authorize two COVID-19 vaccines that demonstrate "clear and compelling efficacy, [AT WHAT EXACTLY?]  Dr. Peter Marks — director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the FDA — said during the press conference. Marks said it is “another milestone as we work to end [THE LIVES OF EVERYONE SUFFERING IN] the COVID-19 pandemic.”

​Moderna expects to begin shipping 5.9 million doses of the vaccine across the U.S. within days.