"Last week, he said the company could have results from its late-stage coronavirus vaccine trial as early as October after enrolling 23,000 volunteers."
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/08/coronavirus-vaccine-pfizer-c...
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/health/pfizer-biontech-vaccin...
This doesn't seem extreme to me. "ready for regulatory approval" just means they've submitted a complete package to the FDA.
However, this is a really stupid comment.
"It has an excellent profile and I consider this vaccine ... near perfect, and which has a near perfect profile,"
And at least according to FDA regulations, that statement violates a number of rules around the promotion of unapproved products.
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