German health minister says vaccine progress very encouraging

German Health Minister Jens Spahn has described the announcement of a promising experimental vaccine developed by the Mainz-based BioNTech and U.S. pharma giant Pfizer as `very encouraging.’

Spahn said that an initial analysis of phase 3 clinical trial data showed that “the vaccine makes a difference’’.

He said that a German company was among the first developers of a viable drug to prevent COVID-19.

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“This does not mean that approval will come tomorrow,’’ he cautioned.

BioNTech and Pfizer announced that their vaccine candidate is 90 per cent effective in preventing COVID-19 and that they planned to apply for emergency authorisation with the United States’ FDA regulator next week.

(NAN)

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