The agency is proposing that a single COVID shot be approved each year for most people, one targeting a specific strain or strains of concern at the time of approval. A panel of independent advisers is set to consider and vote on the proposal Thursday.
PUBLISHED 12:38 PM EST Jan. 23, 2023The Food and Drug Administration wants to simplify the COVID-19 vaccination process by making it more like the one used for the flu.
The FDA also wants to use the same formulation for primary series and booster doses. Currently, with the exception of the third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine for young children, the initial series of COVID vaccines use the same composition as when they first became available. Pfizer’s and Moderna’s booster shots, however, were updated last fall and are bivalent, targeting the original strain as well as the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants.
Throughout the pandemic, the CDC has faced criticism about its shifting and complex guidance around COVID-19.
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