
Pfizer and BioNTech seeking emergency use authorization from FDA for Covid-19 vaccine for children younger than 5
CNNCNN — Pfizer and BioNTech are requesting emergency use authorization for their two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for children age 6 months up to 5 years, the companies said Tuesday. “Ultimately, we believe that three doses of the vaccine will be needed for children 6 months through 4 years of age to achieve high levels of protection against current and potential future variants. “If two doses are authorized, parents will have the opportunity to begin a COVID-19 vaccination series for their children while awaiting potential authorization of a third dose.” For people 12 and older, the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine dose is 30 micrograms of vaccine, and for kids ages 5 to 11, it was stepped down to 10 micrograms. “If the goal of the vaccine is to get baseline immunity in the kids – to prevent really bad outcomes and you’re really not using the vaccine as a tool to prevent infection in the first place – two doses could do that,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a former FDA commissioner and current Pfizer board member, said on CBS on Sunday.
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