Moderna’s Latest Approval Again Reveals FDA Rift over COVID Vaccines

Top FDA Vaccine Official Overruled Reviewers 3 Times on COVID-19 Shots

The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official has overruled agency reviewers on three decisions involving COVID-19 vaccines, including the recent approval of Moderna’s shot to only some young children, according to documents released by the FDA. Dr. Vinay Prasad, the agency’s chief medical officer and head of its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in a memorandum dated July 9 and uploaded to the FDA’s website on July 11…

Top FDA Vaccine Official Overruled Reviewers 3 Times on COVID-19 Shots - The Thinking Conservative

FDA’s top vaccine official overruled agency reviewers on 3 decisions involving COVID-19 vaccines, including approval of Moderna’s shot for children. The post Top FDA Vaccine Official Overruled Reviewers 3 Times on COVID-19 Shots appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.

Moderna’s latest approval again reveals FDA rift over COVID vaccines

Vinay Prasad overruled other reviewers for a third time in recent months in clearing only narrow use of Moderna's vaccine in young children.

FDA Vaccine Chief Overruled COVID Shot Reviews 3 Times - Archyworldys

FDA Vaccine Chief Overruled Agency Scientists on COVID-19 Shot Approvals Recent documents reveal that Dr. Vinay Prasad, the Food and Drug Administration’s… The post FDA Vaccine Chief Overruled COVID Shot Reviews 3 Times appeared first on Archyworldys.

FDA approves Moderna’s Spikevax for children at increased risk of COVID-19 - Pharmafile

Moderna has been granted US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in children aged six months to 11 years who are at increased risk of COVID-19. The approval broadens the vaccine’s use beyond adults and adolescents, having previously been available for young children under Emergency Use Authorization. The authorisation covers […] The post FDA approves Moderna’s Spikevax for children at increased risk of …

Prasad again overrode FDA vaccine reviewers, this time on Moderna’s Covid shot for young kids

The FDA's vaccines and biologics chief Vinay Prasad overrode the agency's vaccine reviewers for a third time in recent weeks, when he narrowed the approval of Moderna’s Covid-19 shot to a smaller population of young ...