Updated Covid boosters could be authorized by end of month, Pfizer says
The drugmaker's prediction comes as Covid hospitalizations are once again on the rise.
Aug. 1, 2023, 12:25 PM CDT
By Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
The Food and Drug Administration could authorize Pfizer's updated Covid boosters by the end of August, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said during an investor call Tuesday.
The drugmaker asked the FDA in June to authorize an updated version of its Covid booster that is designed to target the XBB.1.5 subvariant, a coronavirus strain that began circulating widely last winter. Moderna made a similar request that same month.
The requests came days after the FDA advised the drugmakers to update the shots to target XBB.1.5 ahead of a fall Covid booster campaign.
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