Pfizer and BioNTech on Thursday announced a new trial aiming to test the safety and efficacy of its coronavirus vaccine among pregnant women.
It is great to see this long overdue trial happening. It is an ethically troubling reality in which brave pregnant women who gambled on the safety of the vaccine, pave the way for a clinical trial to be conducted exploring the safety of the vaccine for pregnant women.
William Gruber, senior vice president of Vaccine Clinical Research and Development at Pfizer, said in a statement along with the press release, “We are proud to start this study in pregnant women and continue to gather the evidence on safety and efficacy to potentially support the use of the vaccine by important subpopulations.”
