US FDA green lights Omicron-targeted COVID boosters ahead of revaccination campaign - BusinessWorld Online

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday authorized updated (COVID-19) booster shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna that target the dominant BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants.

The new vaccines also include the original version of the virus targeted by all the previous COVID shots.

“We don’t know for a fact yet whether we will get to that same level, but that is the goal here,” Dr. Marks said. This could be the last COVID vaccine provided for free to all Americans as the government plans to shift them to the commercial insurance market next year. Experts have said that the updated vaccines will be important for older people and the immunocompromised, but noted there is limited data to support the level of protection the government is hoping for.

“If anything is going to prevent transmission and long COVID, it’s going to be a variant specific vaccine for the variant that’s currently circulating,” FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said.About 50% of those in the United States over the age of 12 — some 107 million people — have received at least one COVID-19 booster dose so far.

 

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