US FDA approves updated COVID shots ahead of fall season, ET HealthWorld

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US FDA approves updated COVID shots ahead of fall season, ET HealthWorld

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London: The U.S. Food and ***** Administration has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna targeting newer variants of the ******** in time for a fall vaccination campaign, the agency said on Thursday.

The U.S. health regulator has approved the vaccines to target a variant known as “KP.2”, which dominated infections in recent months. It had asked manufacturers in June to target the strain.

“Vaccination continues to be the cornerstone of COVID-19 prevention,” said Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.

The FDA granted emergency use authorization for Moderna’s shot, branded as Spikevax, and Pfizer and BioNTech shot branded as Comirnaty.

(Reporting by Manas Mishra and Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)

• Published On Aug 23, 2024 at 06:49 AM IST

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