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Pfizer requests FDA approval of vaccine for children ages 12 to 15
When the FDA originally green-lit the authorization, it was for individuals ages 16 and up
Pfizer is working to expand the vaccine to tweens.
On Friday, the drug company put in a request to the Food and Drug Administration to adjust its emergency use authorization to children ages 12 to 15. When the FDA originally greenlit the authorization it was for individuals ages 16 and up, per
CEO
Albert Bourla said in a statement: “The hope of starting to vaccinate this age group before the start of the next school year.”
Pfizer-BioNTech discovered last week in Phase 3 clinical trials the vaccine was 100% effective in 12- to-15-year-olds.