The US drug regulator on Monday (Sep 11) authorised updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna that closely match the widely circulating Omicron variants, allowing the deployment of the shots to start as soon as this week. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the shots, which target th
The US drug regulator on Monday authorised updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna that closely match the widely circulating Omicron variants, allowing the deployment of the shots to start as soon as this week.
A third shot, made by Novavax, is still under review by the FDA. Novavax said it did not expect its shot to be authorised in the United States before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisors' Tuesday meeting to recommend who should receive the updated shots."It would be nice to have a complete approval on it . But obviously that requires that FDA have decided the data supports it," said Jesse Goodman, a professor at Georgetown and former FDA chief scientist.
The FDA authorisation comes after a late summer rise in cases, at a time the new EG.5 subvariant of Omicron - nicknamed"Eris" - has begun to rapidly spread in the country and in other parts of the world.
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