optimal US Infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday that officials may soon obtain regulatory approval to manage Pfizer, Although Modern The booster may take longer.
When asked about President Joe Biden’s goal of providing boosters from September 20 on CBS’s “Nationally Facing” program, Fauci said “in some respects” is still the plan.
But he said that although Pfizer-BioNTech has submitted the necessary data on booster injections to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Moderna has not yet completed the process. Fauci said that he hopes to receive both vaccines at the same time as the booster dose is launched, but if Moderna cannot complete the process before September 20, then Moderna will receive the booster vaccine later.
Moderna and the FDA did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Moderna stated that it has “started to submit” enhanced data to the FDA.
As COVID-19 continues to kill unvaccinated people around the world, how (or even whether) to manage boosters has become a thorny issue.
Last month, the Biden administration announced that it would start providing boosters to Americans before September 20, usurping the FDA and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s usual procedures for making decisions on such issues. Current and former FDA scientists and A member of the CDC advisory team told Reuters.
Scientists are still debating how much additional immune booster to provide and whether all Americans should be given another injection, not just those who are at high risk of serious illness.
Fauci emphasized in his speech on Sunday that both types of boosters are considered safe, but the FDA and other officials will study the data to make sure.
“When you deal with allowing the American public to accept intervention, you want to make sure you are absolutely sure,” he said.
Reported by Rafael Sartre; Edited by Lisa Shoemaker
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