The Pfizer Effect: Moderna Tries To Escape Big Pharma’s Shadow At US FDA Vaccines Panel

Sponsor and agency sought to proactively address questions about the potential for anaphylactic reactions with the COVID-19 vaccine given the early real-world experience with Pfizer’s inoculation, which is also uses mRNA technology.  

A US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee meeting on 17 December was Moderna, Inc.’s chance to shine in the spotlight with a public review of the data supporting its investigational COVID-19 vaccine.

However, the company often found itself fighting to emerge from the shadow of a competing mRNA vaccine from Pfizer...

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