Pfizer Will Ship Fewer Covid-19 Vaccine Vials to Account for ‘Extra’ Doses January 23, 2021 Auto Bot BioNTech SE, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Government Contracts and Procurement, Pfizer Inc, Vaccination and Immunization, your-feed-healthcare 0 After the surprise discovery of an extra dose in every vial, Pfizer executives successfully lobbied the F.D.A. to change the vaccine’s formal authorization language. The company charges by the dose.