UK vaccine approval 'historic moment' in Covid-19 battle: Pfizer CEO

BERLIN: Britain's approval of BioNTech-Pfizer's

vaccine

against Covid-19 marks a "historic moment" in the battle against the

pandemic

, the US pharma group's chief executive said Wednesday, after his company won the first such authorisation in the West.


"Today's Emergency Use Authorisation in the UK marks a historic moment in the fight against Covid-19," said Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla.

The US company and Germany's BioNTech added that they expected further regulatory decisions from other countries "in the coming days and weeks".