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> That's absolutely not true. The standard for new vaccines, iirc, required a period of something on the order of 7 years.

In Europe, it can take years, but because of organizational reasons and economic incentives. The whole process was completed as far as possible, but companies when through the same steps as always.

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In the US, the long-term safety testing is 3-5 years, excluding any beaurocracy.

Pfizer's short-term safety testing was also cut from 6 months to 3 months IIRC.