# When will the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine get full FDA approval? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** factual, covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 26, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-pfizer-and-moderna-vaccine-get-full-fda-approval/940811 "2021-04-26T21:11:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![r3bdr355](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/r3bdr355/32/19843_2.png) [@r3bdr355](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/r3bdr355)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-pfizer-and-moderna-vaccine-get-full-fda-approval/940811/1 "2021-04-26T21:11:02Z")
So my Attorney General just announced that Virginia colleges and universities can legally mandate that all students and staff get vaccinated from COVID-19: [Virginia official: Colleges can tell students to get vaccines - University Business](https://universitybusiness.com/virginia-ag-colleges-can-tell-students-to-get-vaccines/) This has resulted in comments claiming that they can’t because the vaccines do not have full FDA approval, only EUA. Does anybody know when the vaccines will get full FDA approval? Have any of them applied for full approval yet? ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-pfizer-and-moderna-vaccine-get-full-fda-approval/940811/2 "2021-04-26T21:46:33Z")
Pfizer is expected to submit a Biologics License Applicationvery soon with Moderna shortly behind them. They both have the necessary data to apply at this point, but the process could still take a while before they reach final approval. I’d expect that to happen in Q3 or Q4 of this year.