JUST IN: FDA advisory panel votes to recommend a second dose of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use authorization.
The Johnson & Johnson booster would be available for all of the nearly 15 million people ages 18 and up who received that vaccine. That’s a departure from the recommendations for Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna boosters, which are limited to those aged 65 and up, aged 18 to 64 with either underlying health conditions, or whose job that puts them at high risk of exposure to Covid-19.
In fact, many committee members argued that Johnson & Johnson’s vaccination regime should simply be considered a two-dose vaccine, just like the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, rather than a single shot plus a booster. That drew particularly pointed criticism from the FDA. Dr. Peter Marks, the director of the agency’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, went as far as to suggest that the company was not presenting the full picture, particularly in terms of the real-world effectiveness of a single dose.72 percent effective against moderate to severe illness
Marks, however, said that “there are data that suggests the effectiveness of this vaccine is actually less robust than the company’s presentation here.”Dr.
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