COVID-19 vaccine: American experts meet ahead of expected approval for Moderna s candidate
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Last Updated: Dec 17, 2020, 12:18 PM IST
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The meeting comes after the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine received an emergency use authorization and the first three million doses were distributed in the world s worst-hit country this week.
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The United States said it was purchasing 100 million more doses of Moderna s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, amid reports the country passed on the opportunity to secure more supply of the Pfizer jab.
WASHINGTON: US experts meet Thursday to decide whether to recommend approval of Moderna s Covid-19 vaccine, potentially paving the way for rollout early next week.
US Panel Recommends Emergency Approval Of Moderna Covid Vaccine By Issam AHMED
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A US panel of experts on Thursday voted to recommend emergency approval of Moderna s Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for six million doses to start shipping as soon as this weekend.
The Food and Drug Administration is now expected to imminently grant an emergency use authorization (EUA), which would make Moderna s vaccine the second to be approved in a Western country.
The panel voted 20 in favor, none against, with one abstention.
Epidemiologist Arnold Monto, who chaired the live-streamed discussion, said nothing should be read into the fact that the vote was even more overwhelming than last week s in favor of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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World Health Organization: Vaccines won t end the pandemic in the near future Print this article
Don’t expect the coronavirus pandemic to end anytime soon, U.S. and international public health officials say, despite the nascent vaccine rollout.
“These vaccines are not a silver bullet that will end the pandemic in the near future,” the World Health Organization’s Takeshi Kasai, the agency’s lead official for the Western Pacific, told reporters.
A string of regulatory approvals for vaccines produced by Pfizer and Moderna has raised hopes that the worst of the pandemic could soon pass, but the production and distribution of the vaccine is a major task in its own right. And officials remain uncertain about whether the inoculation provides a hard stop to the spread of the infection or simply protects the recipient from a severe case of the disease.
US Panel Recommends Emergency Approval Of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine US Panel Recommends Emergency Approval Of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine The FDA is now expected to imminently grant an emergency use authorization, which would make Moderna s vaccine the second to be approved in a Western country.
The panel voted 20 in favor, none against, with one abstention. (Representational)
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A US panel of experts on Thursday voted to recommend emergency approval of Moderna s Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for six million doses to start shipping as soon as this weekend.
The Food and Drug Administration is now expected to imminently grant an emergency use authorization (EUA), which would make Moderna s vaccine the second to be approved in a Western country.