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The FDA recommends that Covid-19 vaccines be reformulated in the fall. Will there be a new booster?

MedExpress Team

Medexpress

Published July 5, 2022 11:21

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made a recommendation to drug manufacturers for a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the agency, it should include the Omicron BA.4 / 5 component, which would allow us to talk about the so-called a two-component (bivalent) booster.

"We advised manufacturers who want to update their COVID-19 vaccines to develop a modification that will include the Omicron BA.4/5 spike protein and that this variant of the booster vaccine will be available by mid-fall 2022," he said Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA's Biological Assessment and Research Center. The Advisory Committee on Vaccines and Associated Biological Products voted in favor of this recommendation, considering that such a vaccine would provide wider protection against the strains of the coronavirus that we are currently dealing with.

What's in the air?


According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States currently has two Omicron sub-options: BA.4 and BA.5. Research suggests that...

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