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    Creating a COVID vaccine is only half the battle

    Shares of drug giant Pfizer soared nearly 8{ce8ce7cc98bffdc4302011057a79600ea02c464c5536f1477c12acdb8bd79c00} at market close Monday as the company announced that its coronavirus vaccine candidate was highly effective, according to an interim analysis of data. Pfizer said the coronavirus vaccine made in collaboration with German partner BioNTech proved 90{ce8ce7cc98bffdc4302011057a79600ea02c464c5536f1477c12acdb8bd79c00} effective, which is extremely rare for a vaccine and especially for one made on such an expedited timeframe. The company has not yet released a complete dataset from its phase 3 trial. As impressive as the accomplishment is, several epidemiologists note that the battle against COVID is far from over. The process to get a vaccine into Americans’ hands continues as Pfizer navigates issues ranging…

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