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FDA Speeds Toward Moderna Vaccine Authorization as Soon as Today
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December 18, 2020
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8:34Now PlayingModerna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine is expected to gain clearance from the Food and Drug Administration as soon as Friday, as the regulator indicated it is working to make the shot available as soon as possible.
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said that the agency will work quickly toward authorizing the vaccine, which a panel of outside advisers backed Thursday in a 20-0 vote, with one abstention. A similar shot from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech was cleared for use in the U.S. last week.
“The American people can be confident. We have one, and perhaps within hours two, safe and effective coronavirus vaccines for you and your family,” Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday. Pence received the Pfizer vaccine in a televised event Friday to encourage Americans to get immunized.
Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said on NBC’s “Today” show that he expected Moderna’s vaccine would begin to be administered “by the very early part of next week. I would hope Monday or Tuesday.” Fauci said he aims to get vaccinated in the next few days. Most Americans will be able to get vaccinated by around March, he said.
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