U.S. Officials Push Back on Pfizer’s Request for Booster Shot Approval July 13, 2021 Auto Bot BioNTech SE, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Food and Drug Administration, Pfizer Inc, Public-Private Sector Cooperation, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, United States Politics and Government, Vaccination and Immunization 0 After meeting with company representatives, officials said the decision would depend partly on data on infections in vaccinated people that cause serious disease or hospitalization.