16 minutes agoModern wants FDA authorisation for fourth dose of anti vaccine - CO VID
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(4 years ago)The Moderna drug manufacturer has asked the Food and Barna Administration on Thursday to authorise the fourth dose of its COVID-19 vaccine as a strengthening dose for all adults, reports the Associated Press. The demand is broader than the demand of the rival pharmaceutical company Pfizer earlier this week that the regulator [...]
The demand is broader than the demand of the rival pharmaceutical company Pfizer earlier this week for the regulator to adopt a strengthening injection for all the elderly.
In a press release, the company said its request for approval for all adults had been made “to offer flexibility” to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine the appropriate “usage of a second dose of mRNA vaccine.
US officials have set the stage for offering additional strengthening doses to support protection of vaccines against serious diseases and death by COVID-19.
The White House has sounded the alarm that Congress needs <x0 to immediately” to approve more funds for the federal government to provide more doses of COVID-19 vaccines, whether for additional injections or specific vaccines for variants.
US health officials currently recommend a primary series of two doses of the Modern vaccine and a strengthening dose months later.
