Pfizer is the first pharmaceutical company in the United States to apply for a license for 5 to 11-year-olds.
The United States Ffiz approves Pfizer’s coronary vaccine for 5-11 year olds on Friday, says FDA in the bulletin. The news agency AFP reported on the matter.
The FDA’s panel of experts had on Tuesday issued a recommendation that Pfizer and Biontech’s coronavirus vaccine be used to vaccinate 5- to 11-year-olds as well. The FDA’s decision was therefore awaited, as the agency has typically followed the recommendations of its panel of experts.
At the end of its meeting on Tuesday, the panel recommended that those under 12 be given only one-third of the normal dose of coronary vaccine.
According to U.S. media, vaccinations for this age group could begin in the country as early as next week.
Pfizer is the first pharmaceutical company in the United States to apply for a vaccine for 5 to 11-year-olds. Moderna is also about to apply for a license for its vaccine in the same age group.
In the United States, more than 150 children between the ages of 5 and 11 have died during the pandemic from the coronavirus. There are approximately 28 million 5-11 year olds in the United States.
Last week, Pfizer said its vaccine proved 90 percent effective in tests to prevent symptomatic coronary infection in 5- to 11-year-olds.
European The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced last week that it had begun an assessment of whether the use of the coronary vaccine by Pfizer and Biontech could be extended to 5-11 year olds in Europe. According to Ema, the evaluation will take some months.
At the same time, vaccination of 5–11-year-olds in Finland is being considered by the coronation vaccination subgroup of the National Vaccination Expert Group.
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