FDA Panel Recommends Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use

In a 20-0 vote, with one abstention, a panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended that the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Moderna be authorized for emergency use in adults during the pandemic.

If the agency authorizes the vaccine for emergency use, as is expected, it would become the second to be deployed in the U.S to fight the coronavirus.

The vote in favor of the vaccine was taken to answer the agency’s question: Do the benefits of the Moderna vaccine outweigh its risks for use in people age 18 and older?

The vaccine is 94% effective in preventing COVID-19, and the agency’s analysis said there are no specific safety concerns that would stand in the way of authorization.

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