Pfizer’s decision to add a third shot to the primary vaccination series for children under five means it didn’t hit FDA’s goal of a median follow-up of two months post-vaccination – at least with blinded data – and the sponsor could only do a preliminary descriptive efficacy analysis since the study had not hit the protocol-specified number of COVID cases.
FDA vaccine advisors will vote on whether FDA should authorize COVID-19 vaccines for some of the youngest Americans 15 June. • Source: Shutterstock
Pfizer Inc. andBioNTech SE’s COVID-19 vaccine package for the youngest Americans appears to have more data gaps than Moderna, Inc.’s heading into a 15 June advisory committee meeting.
The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) will weigh whether FDA should authorize Pfizer/BioNTech’s three-dose, 3μg shot for...
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Recent ODAC meetings suggest the FDA will expand focus beyond applications with pending approval decisions to refining trial designs and drug labels for competitors.
The US FDA Commissioner pushed for a rebalancing of the US’s pharmaceutical supply chains while also stressing that there is a role for US-China commerce that would be risky to compromise.
Recent ODAC meetings suggest the FDA will expand focus beyond applications with pending approval decisions to refining trial designs and drug labels for competitors.
The US FDA Commissioner pushed for a rebalancing of the US’s pharmaceutical supply chains while also stressing that there is a role for US-China commerce that would be risky to compromise.