Concerns over informed consent for pregnant women in Pfizer's RSV vaccine trial
Some experts have criticised Pfizer for not informing pregnant women in its trial of maternal respiratory syncytial virus vaccine that trials of a similar vaccine were halted over a potential risk of preterm birth. Others think that notification would have been premature and caused unnecessary anxiety. Hristio Boytchev reports A debate has broken out over whether Pfizer should have told pregnant women participating in its trial of maternal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination that a trial of a similar vaccine was halted over a safety signal around preterm birth, The BMJ can report. Bo...