Vaccine-Maker Claims Splitting MMR Shot Could Take Up To 10 Years

Splitting MMR Vaccine as Trump Recommends Could Take up to 10 Years: Merck

Splitting the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine into separate shots could take up to a decade, according to one of the two companies that produce the vaccine for the U.S. market. “Even under current expedited review pathways, it could take years—potentially as many as 10—to meet the safety and efficacy requirements to obtain FDA approval and then begin manufacturing and commercialization” of single-disease shots, Merck said in a statement. M…

Vaccine-Maker Claims Splitting MMR Shot Could Take Up To 10 Years

Vaccine-Maker Claims Splitting MMR Shot Could Take Up To 10 Years Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Splitting the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine into separate shots could take up to a decade, according to one of the two companies that produce the vaccine for the U.S. market. A tray of MMR vaccine vials at a clinic in Lubbock, Texas, on March 1, 2025. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images "Even under current expedited review pathways,…