U.S. Judge Orders FDA to Release More Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Documents for Transparency

Dec 6, 2024, 09:24 PM

A U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman has ordered the FDA to release an additional million pages of documents from Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine trials. This decision comes after the FDA's unsuccessful attempt to end a public records lawsuit, which sought transparency on the authorization of the vaccines. The court's order aims to provide greater public access to the data behind the vaccine's authorization, following previous efforts to expedite the release of such documents. The documents in question were initially sought to be hidden by the FDA, marking a significant win for transparency.