...On August 23, 2021, FDA approved the biologics license application (BLA) submitted by
BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH for COMIRNATY (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA)
That sounds like something was approved. I am not sure what a " biologics license application" is vs a vaccine approval.
Aside from making vaccine mandates/passports easier to implement, I'm not sure this will change any behavior regarding COVID. Pfizer was already manufacturing and selling it's product.
A subsidiary of Phizer, so that if anything bad happens they can strip it of assets and sell off the company to avoid any financial penalties, lawsuits, etc.
...On August 23, 2021, FDA approved the biologics license application (BLA) submitted by BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH for COMIRNATY (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA)
That sounds like something was approved. I am not sure what a " biologics license application" is vs a vaccine approval.
You may be right.
I'm reading and re-reading this to make sense of it.
There is a lot of smoke and mirrors going on with this.
Based on this (https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/development-approval-process-cber/vaccine-development-101) it looks like a BLA is pretty much FDA approval. Companies can manufacture and sell the vaccine for the approved purpose.
I guess the FDA just exposed itself for what it most likely has always been. A system to protect big Pharma by blocking any competition
Aside from making vaccine mandates/passports easier to implement, I'm not sure this will change any behavior regarding COVID. Pfizer was already manufacturing and selling it's product.
It seems we get package insert info now, though! (https://www.fda.gov/media/151707/download)
Who is BioNTech?
A subsidiary of Phizer, so that if anything bad happens they can strip it of assets and sell off the company to avoid any financial penalties, lawsuits, etc.