Fast Facts! Pfizer requests vaccines manufactured for 12-15 year olds

Pfizer, a U.S. pharmaceutical company, and BioNTech, a German biotechnology company, today filed a request for authorization to administer their 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to people aged 12 to 15 years in the United States.

In a statement, Pfizer and BioNTech noted that they plan to submit similar requests to other regulatory authorities around the world in the coming days.