Pfizer and BioNTech's Coronavirus Vaccine Approved for Use in the U.K.
Early on Wednesday, the U.K. became the first Western country to approve a vaccine for use against the coronavirus: BNT162b2, developed by Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX). The government granted the vaccine an emergency use authorization at the recommendation of the U.K.'s national drug regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.