The end of the Covid health emergency won’t slow FDA clearance of shots and treatments

CNBC January 31, 2023
Spencer Kimball

Key Points

– The FDA said the end of the public health emergency will not impact its ability to authorize Covid vaccines, tests and treatments on an emergency basis.

– The Biden administration is planning to terminate in May the public health and national emergencies declared in response to the Covid pandemic.

– The FDA has used separate emergency powers to authorize the Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and Novavax vaccines.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said its emergency authorizations of Covid vaccines, tests and treatments will not be impacted by the end of the public health emergency this spring.

President Joe Biden is planning to terminate in May the public health and national emergencies declared in response...

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