Drug Topics September 2, 2024
Catch up on important immunization news from the month of August.
COVID-19: FDA Approves, Grants EUA to Moderna, Pfizer 2024-2025 Vaccine Formulations
The FDA approved and granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by Moderna and Pfizer to include a monovalent component corresponding to the KP.2 variant of the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2. These vaccines, the FDA noted in a news release, now “more closely target currently circulating variants and provide better protection against serious consequences of COVID-19.”
Q&A: How Health Care Providers Can Help Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake
Drug Topics recently talked with Chijioke Bennett, MD, MPH, MBA, executive director of clinical development at Novavax, about how health care providers can increase awareness around the...