A bottle reading Vaccine Covid-19 next to the Moderna biotech company logo taken on Nov 18, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
The US on Thursday moved closer to having a second vaccine to fight the COVID-19 pandemic as a federal vaccine-advisory committee recommended that the Food and Drug Administration grant an emergency-use authorization for Moderna s vaccine.
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn could authorize the vaccine Friday, if not sooner, with delivery to states to begin nationwide on Monday.
Last week, the FDA approved the vaccine from Pfizer Inc and Germany s BioNTech on Dec 11, one day after the panel had recommended approval.
The independent Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted 20-0 on Thursday with one abstention to support the vaccine made in collaboration with the US government by the biotech company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
FDA advisers vote to recommend authorization of Moderna s coronavirus vaccine
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US FDA plans to give Moderna authorisation for emergency use ANI | Updated: Dec 18, 2020 09:15 IST
Washington [US], December 18 (ANI): Advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted in favour to recommend that the agency must give Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) to Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine.
According to CNN, top FDA officials said that they planned to quickly move ahead with the EUA. Following today s positive advisory committee meeting outcome regarding the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has informed the sponsor that it will rapidly work toward finalization and issuance of an emergency use authorization, FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn and Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in a statement, as quoted by CNN.