Biden estimates when FDA will fully approve COVID-19 jabs

President Biden said Wednesday night that his “expectation” is that the COVID-19 vaccines being used in the U.S. under an emergency use authorization should be approved by the Food and Drug Administration by the fall.

The FDA accepted Pfizer's application last week for full approval of the COVID-19 vaccine more than a year after it was developed with BioNTech, and as the delta variant surges. The FDA granted the application priority review, and will weigh full approval for the vaccine in people 16 and up by January. A spokesperson at the FDA told Fox News last week the agency expects to complete the review "far in advance" of the January target date. The application approval could pave the way for the official approval of the other two vaccines, Moderna, which filed its application last month, and Johnson & Johnson.