Moderna to file COVID-19 shot for emergency nod in November, with Pfizer rollout pegged for early next month: Slaoui

As a tide of late-stage data rolls in on COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca, the U.S. is gearing up for reviews that could see a vaccine authorized and deployed before the year is out. On Saturday, the chief of the White House's Operation Warp Speed effort laid out a definitive timeline, setting expectations for when the public could expect at least two shots to become available.

Moderna will file for an emergency nod for its mRNA-based vaccine candidate before the month is out, Moncef Slaoui, Ph.D., head of "Warp Speed" and former vaccine chief at GlaxoSmithKline, said during an interview on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." That submission will segue straight into a Dec .17 data review, with the aim to ship vaccines to distributors within 24 hours of approval and potentially start vaccinations two days after the advisory panel makes its call, Slaoui said.