Business Chief Europe Magazine April 2021 | Page 20

TIMELINE

PFIZER / BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE

A brief timeline of the development of the Pfizer / Biotech COVID-19 vaccine candidate

March 13th 2020

March 17th 2020

April 9th 2020

May 14th 2020

Pfizer ’ s five point plan
Responding to the global outbreak of COVID-19 , Pfizer released a fivepoint plan . The plan called on the biopharmaceutical industry to join its commitment to unprecedented collaboration in order to battle COVID-19 .
Pfizer and BionTech co-develop vaccine
Pfizer and BionTech agreed to a letter of intent for the co-development and distribution of a potential mRNAbased coronavirus vaccine to prevent the infection of COVID-19
Pfizer advances the battle against COVID-19
To further advance the battle against COVID-19 , Pfizer Inc . and the Pfizer Foundation pledged US $ 40mn in medical and charitable cash grants to combat the global health effects of the pandemic .
Pfizer and BionTech begin human trials
As part of the global COVID-19 vaccine development programme , Pfizer and BionTech began human trials on May 14 , 2020 . The first participants were dosed in the US in a clinical trial for the BNT162 vaccine programme .
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