FDA Timing/UCLA Timing

UCLA's Fall Quarter for most students may - or may not - begin before the FDA approves at least one vaccine. September 20 is the start date, apart from the Law School and Med School which have August start dates. UC has mandated vaccines, but FDA approval, which goes beyond the emergency authorization, would make court challenges less likely - or less likely to succeed. Originally, UC was going to wait for the FDA before imposing a mandate. The policy was subsequently accelerated.

From Politico:

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine by early September, amid a resurgence of cases that has heightened pressure on the administration to get more Americans vaccinated.

While the agency had long eyed the fall for granting full licensure, officials have recently accelerated their work, and now hope to finalize approval in a matter of weeks, according to three people familiar with the matter... An FDA spokesperson declined to provide a specific timetable for the expected approval, but confirmed that the sharp rise in Covid-19 infections driven by the Delta variant spurred the agency to speed its work...

Full story at https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/article/2021/08/fda-targets-early-september-for-approving-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-2075360 via UCOP Daily News Clips.