A recent court ruling has ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expedite the release of additional Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine trial documents. This decision comes after a lawsuit by Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency, which sought to speed up the release of these documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The court has significantly shortened the FDA’s original timeline, requiring the agency to produce around 55,000 pages of documents each month until all requested documents are released.
This move aims to ensure transparency and public access to the data used to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. However, it has also raised concerns about potential misuse of the data, as some fear it could be taken out of context or used to fuel misinformation.
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https://www.publichealthtransparency.org/court-orders-fda-to-release-pfizer-documents