US FDA will decide on redesigned Covid-19 vaccines by early July

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WASHINGTON - US regulators plan to decide by early July on whether to change the design of Covid-19 vaccines this fall in order to combat more recent variants of the coronavirus, with hopes of launch

ing a booster campaign by October, a top Food and Drug Administration official said on Tuesday .

The committee is scheduled to vote on a recommendation on whether to make the change later on Tuesday. The exact composition of the retooled shots and whether they also will include some of the original vaccine alongside new components will be considered at the meeting.All three companies have been testing versions of their vaccines updated to combat the BA.1 Omicron variant that was circulating and led to a massive surge in infections last winter.

 

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