Moderna says it has formally submitted a request to the FDA for authorization of two doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in children younger than 6 years old.
In an interview with CNN, asked about reports that the FDA might delay its decision over Moderna's submission, the president's chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said that regulators wanted to avoid confusion between the two vaccines being greenlighted within weeks of each other.
The FDA has downplayed suggestions that it is delaying the review of COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest children. Asked at the Senate hearing about the topic, Marks hinted that Moderna's application might simply take longer for regulators to comb through.
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