Pfizer seeks COVID vaccine authorization for children under 5

• A recent poll found that 18% of parents of children under the age of 5 say they'll vaccinate their kids right away once a shot is authorized.
• Pfizer said earlier this month that three small doses of its COVID-19 vaccine proved more than 80% effective at eliciting a strong immune response in children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years old.

The big picture: Moderna submitted a request to the FDA last month for emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in children 6 months to under 6 years of age.

• The request amped up pressure on the FDA to act quickly.

Worth noting: Pfizer also said it will submit data from its pediatric clinical trials to the European Medicines Agency and other regulatory agencies around the world.