The company said approval was requested for all adults.to provide flexibility Centers for Disease Control and To determine prevention and medical providers’fair use’ of the second booster dose of mRNA Vaccination, ‘Including for people at high risk of COVID-19 due to age or co-morbidities.’ US officials are preparing grounds to deliver additional boosters
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- Moderna asks FDA to authorize fourth shot of COVID-19 vaccine as booster dose for all adults
- US officials are laying the groundwork for additional booster doses
Drugmaker Moderna on Thursday asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize the fourth shot of its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for all adults. The request broadens from rival pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s request earlier this week to the regulator to approve booster shots for all seniors.
In a press release, the company said approval was requested for all adults to “provide flexibility” for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and medical providers to determine the “appropriate use” of a second booster dose of mRNA vaccine. Was. ‘Including those at high risk of COVID-19 due to age or co-morbidity.’ US officials are laying the groundwork to deliver additional booster doses to increase the safety of vaccines against serious illness and deaths from COVID-19.
The White House is sounding the alarm that it needs Congress to “urgently” approve more funding for the federal government to secure more doses of COVID-19 vaccines, either for additional booster shots or variant-specific vaccinations. .
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