New COVID-19 Vaccines May Be Accelerated By Using Existing Manufacturing Platforms, US FDA's Marks Says

FDA's CBER director says the development of new COVID-19 vaccines can be accelerated by using manufacturing platforms developed for other types of vaccines, thereby reducing the need for product-specific data.

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Manufacturers Encouraged To Use Existing Manufacturing Platforms For COVID-19 Vaccines • Source: Shutterstock

Sponsors interested in developing vaccines for COVID-19 should accelerate the process by using their existing vaccine manufacturing platforms, according to Peter Marks, director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.

The CBER director echoed recent regulatory guidance in emphasizing this point in his remarks at a 14 September joint regulatory...

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