FDA advisers recommend J&J vaccine for emergency authorization

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JUST IN: An FDA advisory panel has voted to recommend the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use authorization. The FDA is expected to follow the group's recommendation.

from Phase 3 clinical trials showed the vaccine to be safe, and able to reduce moderate to severe outcomes from Covid-19 by about 72 percent in the U.S.A health care worker holds vials containing doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine as South Africa proceeds with its inoculation campaign at the Klerksdorp Hospital on Feb. 18, 2021.Among the study participants in South Africa, where a new variant has been spreading, efficacy was found to be 64 percent for moderate to severe disease.

Panel member Dr. Eric Rubin wondered what would happen if a two-dose formulation ultimately proves to be superior. "You can see where that would be confusing to people where they may be thinking, 'Maybe I didn’t get what I need?'"

 

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