US FDA Gives Full Approval For Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine; What’s Next For Pfizer?

Moderna obtained a full Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for their COVID-19 vaccine following significant distribution as an Emergency Use Approved jab. The vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical business is just the second to receive FDA clearance, following Pfizer and BioNTech, both of whom employ the same mRNA components.

Moderna's vaccine received complete clearance five months after the firm claimed it had filed its request for regulators after Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, the producers of a similar vaccine, received federal permission for use in persons 16 and older in August. This clearance triggered a wave of vaccine mandates from institutions anxiously anticipating the more thorough evaluation.

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A vial of the Moderna vaccine is seen at an NHS Covid-19 vaccination centre on December 16, 2021 near Ramsgate, United Kingdom. The Government is pushing the booster jab program as the country recorded its highest number of daily infections since the pandemic began.

Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Gets Full FDA Approval

According to a report, the pharmaceutical company Moderna acquired full FDA approval. The clearance is for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, which employs the mRNA basis for its injection, making it only the second immunization shot to do so.

Other vaccines are still subject to the FDA's Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) restrictions. Still, this new approval confirms that the vaccination has been thoroughly researched and tested.

According to the FDA, this is a vital step in the fight against COVID-19, especially because it must ensure that the injection known as "Spikevax," which is offered to those aged 18 and above, is given at the same time every day.

Moderna is second only to Pfizer regarding US FDA approval for the COVID Vaccine, which is significant. It is also the company's other mRNA-based pharmaceutical. It's worth noting that Pfizer and Moderna took a chance with the mRNA basis because it was an experimental vaccine component before COVID-19. It was only during the epidemic that the creators could put it to use.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (per The New York Times), more than 204 million doses of the Moderna vaccine have been provided in the United States. Almost 75 million people have been completely immunized.

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Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Available for Children Below 5 Years Old This February

Meanwhile, children under the age of 5 might receive COVID-19 jabs by the end of February if FDA approves the plan to allow a two-shot regimen.

The vaccine's manufacturers, Pfizer and BioNTech, are expected to submit a request for emergency-use authorization for the vaccine for children aged 6 months to 5 years old to the Food and Drug Administration as early as Tuesday, making it the first vaccine available for that age group.

According to the informed sources who spoke to Washington Post on the condition of anonymity, the FDA encouraged the pharmaceutical firms to submit the application so that authorities could begin analyzing the two-shot data.

NBC Philadelphia said the recent announcement would be considered a piece of good news for parents of young children, who are the last age group to receive COVID-19 vaccine approval.

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