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WASHINGTON A government advisory panel endorsed a second COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, paving the way for the shot to be added to the U.S. vaccination campaign.
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation and quickly OK the vaccine from Moderna and the National Institutes of Health. The FDA advisers, in a 20-0 vote, agreed the benefits of the vaccine outweighed the risks for those 18 years old and up.
Once emergency use authorization is granted, Moderna will begin shipping millions of doses, earmarked for health workers and nursing home residents, to boost the largest vaccination effort in U.S. history.
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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) s advisory committee has endorsed the country s second COVID-19 vaccine.
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The independent Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee deliberated 20-0 with one abstention to support mRNA-1273, a vaccine made in cooperation with the US government by Massachusetts-based biotechnology company Moderna.
According to Dr. Steven Pergam, a committee member and infectious disease and vaccine expert at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, there is no doubt in his mind as it appears the advantages outweigh the risks from what he had witnessed, reported USA Today.
FDA authorizes Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
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FDA advisory committee votes to recommend emergency use of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
A key advisory committee to the FDA on Thursday voted to recommend the approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, one of the final hurdles before FDA authorization.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use on Friday, the second vaccine to be approved by U.S. regulators to prevent severe COVID-19 illness.
FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, called the approval another crucial step in the fight against this global pandemic.
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