The Latest: J&J seeks FDA OK for vaccine booster doses
Source: AP
WASHINGTON Johnson & Johnson has asked U.S. regulators to allow booster shots of its COVID-19 vaccine as the U.S. government moves toward shoring up protection in more vaccinated Americans.
J&J says it filed data with the Food and Drug Administration on giving a booster dose between two to six months after vaccination. The U.S. government last month authorized booster doses of Pfizers vaccine in vulnerable groups.
A panel of FDA advisers meets next week to consider boosters for both J&J and Moderna vaccines. Its part of a sweeping effort by the Biden administration to boost protection amid the delta variant and potential waning of vaccine strength.
The FDA is convening its outside panel of advisers next week to review booster data from both J&J and Moderna. Its the first step in a review process that also includes sign-off from the leadership of both the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If both agencies give the go-ahead, Americans could begin getting J&J and Moderna boosters later this month.
FILE - This Saturday, March 6, 2021, file photo shows vials of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in Denver. Johnson & Johnson has asked U.S. regulators to allow booster shots of its COVID-19 vaccine as the U.S. government moves toward shoring up protection in more vaccinated Americans. J&J said Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, it filed data with the Food and Drug Administration on giving a booster dose between two to six months after vaccination. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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madaboutharry
(40,209 posts)The criteria of special categories of people being eligible should be set aside for J&J and the vaccine availability should be open to all of the 15 million people who received the J&J vaccine.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)niyad
(113,283 posts)are already doing the Pfizer, of course, and just waiting the Moderna aporoval. Walk-ins welcome.
Good news.
durablend
(7,460 posts)And I don't wanna hear "But it's more important the unvaccinated be dealt with" Stop coddling them.