COVID-19 vaccine-makers Pfizer and BioNTech announced Tuesday that the companies would test an omicron-specific vaccine candidate in healthy adults ages 18 to 55.
The first cohort received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine 90-180 days before enrollment and will receive one or two doses of the omicron-based vaccine.
In the second, participants received three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine during the same timeframe and will receive one dose of the same vaccine or the omicron-based vaccine.
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