Pfizer is filing for FDA authorization. Traveling for Thanksgiving? Don't do it, CDC recommends. Latest COVID news. : Pfizer and its partner BioNTech will seek emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration on Friday, two days after announcing its COVID-19 vaccine is 95% effective. "Our work to deliver a safe and effective vaccine has never been more urgent, as we continue to see an alarming rise in the number of cases of COVID-19 globally," Dr. Albert Bourla, Pfizer Chairman and CEO, said in a statement.