The US CDC's vaccine advisory panel will meet on Thursday to make recommendations for use of the redesigned shots. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorised the retooled Covid-19 booster shots of both Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech that target the currently dominant BA.4/BA.5 Omicron subvariants of the coronavirus.
The FDA authorised Moderna’s vaccine for those aged 18 and above and Pfizer’s for those aged 12 and above to be given at least two months after the primary vaccination series or the most recent booster shot. Pfizer said it has some doses ready to ship immediately and can deliver up to 15 million doses by Sept 9.
The vaccine makers have not completed testing of the updated BA.4/BA.5-based boosters in humans. The FDA is basing its decision on safety and effectiveness data from the original shots as well as from clinical trials conducted on bivalent boosters using the BA.1 Omicron subvariant.
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