FDA's committee at its meeting Thursday voted 20-0 with one abstention to recommend Emergency Use Authorization for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine mRNA-1273.
According to a study, moderna vaccine combined with Merck’s blockbuster immune drug Keytruda helped shrink tumors in 5 of 10 patients with of advanced head and neck cancer.
Even if vaccines are as effective in the real world as they look in clinical trials, they can’t change the course of the pandemic overnight. We need reinforcements.
Health systems are gearing up to vaccinate hospital staff, but the side effects could put key workers out of commission for a couple of days while cases continue to surge.
The unprecedented impact of women in the field of vaccine development means that there are other endeavours that would greatly benefit from more involvement by women.
If cleared in US, Moderna’s entire inventory will be sent to the federal government. The company expects to be able to ship 20 million doses in the country by the end of the year.
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