WHO IS FURTHEST ALONG?U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German partner BioNTech have been the COVID-19 vaccine trailblazers.On Nov.
18, they became the first in the world to release full late-stage trial data. Britain was the first to approve the shot for emergency use on Dec.
3, followed by Canada on Dec. 9 and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Dec. 11. Several other countries, including Saudi Arabia and Mexico, have also approved it.The European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the shot on Dec.
21 and India is accelerating its review.The World Health Organization on Thursday listed the vaccine for emergency use, in a move seeking to speed access to it in the developing world.WHAT ABOUT MODERNA?Moderna Inc was a close second to Pfizer.