Last Updated on October 10, 2024 by The Health Master
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s C-19 vaccine was cleared by US regulators for children ages 5 to 11, a long-awaited pandemic milestone that opens a new phase of the immunization campaign.
The emergency authorisation, announced on Friday in a statement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), brings the US a step closer to shots being administered at schools, pediatricians’ offices, and pharmacies around the country.
The formulation for young kids is one-third the dose of the adult shot.
Before youngsters can begin to receive the vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention’s immunization advisory committee will also meet to make more specific recommendations about who should get it and how to administer it.
The panel is currently scheduled to convene on Nov. 2 and 3. The CDC director Rochelle Walensky will then need to sign off on the advisers’ guidance.
The USFDA’s action on Friday allows shipments of the doses to begin – the first time the US has distributed anything other than the regular Pfizer dose for teens and adults.
The shipments would position the shots at pediatricians’ offices, pharmacies, and other locations across the country so that inoculations can begin promptly after any CDC clearance.
“Vaccinating younger children against C-19 will bring us closer to returning to a sense of normalcy,” acting USFDA commissioner Janet Woodcock said in the statement.
“Our comprehensive and rigorous evaluation of the data pertaining to the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness should help assure parents and guardians that this vaccine meets our high standards.”
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