News ‘Nothing too surprising there’: Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine ingredients are pretty standard, experts say December 14, 2020 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘Nothing too surprising there’: Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine ingredients are pretty standard, experts say The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and German partner BioNTech may be high-tech, but the ingredients add up to "just pretty basic chemistry."