Use only mRNA vaccines for children. I wonder why
Pharmaceutical company Ocugen said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) s refused to issue an emergency use permit for Covaxin, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by its Indian partner Bharat Biotech, for children. The curious thing is that on the contrary Pfizer has obtained the authorization for the pediatric vaccine, so it seems that for the FDA the pediatric vaccines can only be American and mRNA …
The biopharmaceutical company said it intends to continue working with the FDA to evaluate the process of obtaining an emergency use authorization for pediatric use of Covaxin, it said in a March 4 statement, which announced the decision of Covaxin. health agency. The company had tried to authorize the vaccine for children ages 2 to 18.
Ocugen entered into an agreement with vaccine manufacturer Bharat in late 2020, under which it would develop, supply and commercialize Covaxin for the US market. The vaccine in question is the second most authorized in the Indian subcontinent.
A large-scale clinical study found that the vaccine provided decent protection against COVID-19, although it was carried out before the spread of the Omicron variant, which began spreading in the United States in late 2021. Covaxin, unlike Modern or Pfizer, does not use messenger RNA (mRNA) technology; uses inactivated coronavirus technology, i.e. the traditional one for vaccines.
The FDA has only fully cleared Pfizer's two-injection mRNA vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 17. There are currently no licensed COVID-19 vaccines for children under the age of 5.
Ocugen said he is continuing to seek full approval for the vaccine in the United States; the company previously said it would begin enrolling adult US volunteers for a clinical trial.
Some health experts have said that most healthy children should not receive the vaccine, as numerous studies and data have shown that children have an extremely low chance of dying from COVID-19 or developing severe symptoms.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently recommend that children 5 years of age and older receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
On March 7, Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo told reporters that his state "will be the first state to NOT officially recommend COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children."
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said at the same event that there is "an inability to weigh the costs and benefits, whether it be school lockdowns or closures, and that there is also an inability to assess whether a child 7-year-old healthy should or should not receive COVID vaccines. "
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