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12 | <strong>M2CC</strong> - News www.m2cc.us JUNE <strong>2022</strong> EDITION<br />
and vaccine expert<br />
at Johns Hopkins<br />
Bloomberg School of<br />
Public Health, wrote in<br />
an email. "I also think<br />
that it reinforces what<br />
we've seen in adults as<br />
well. For the Omicron<br />
variant, a third dose is<br />
necessary for optimal<br />
protection."<br />
Federal officials are<br />
already reviewing<br />
the pediatric vaccine<br />
from biotechnology<br />
company Moderna, a<br />
two-shot regimen that<br />
was 51% effective in<br />
preventing illness in<br />
children between 6<br />
months and 2 years<br />
old, and 37% effective<br />
in children 2 to 5 years<br />
old.<br />
Regulators previously<br />
had set aside three dates<br />
for the FDA's outside<br />
experts to review the<br />
vaccines for young<br />
children, beginning<br />
with a session on <strong>June</strong><br />
8. Those meetings are<br />
now canceled.<br />
Under the revised<br />
schedule, the FDA and<br />
its outside experts will<br />
discuss the Moderna<br />
vaccine for children and<br />
adolescents from 6 to<br />
17 years old on <strong>June</strong> 14.<br />
The following day, they<br />
will review vaccines<br />
for the youngest<br />
children, with advisers<br />
evaluating the Moderna<br />
vaccine for children 6<br />
months through 5 years<br />
old and the Pfizer-<br />
BioNTech vaccine for<br />
children ages 6 months<br />
through 4 years old.<br />
"The overall data are<br />
encouraging such that it<br />
is really hard to look at<br />
one vaccine apart from<br />
the other," according<br />
to an official familiar<br />
with the process<br />
who spoke on the<br />
condition of anonymity<br />
because that person<br />
was not authorized to<br />
speak publicly. The<br />
official suggested the<br />
two vaccines would<br />
probably be reviewed<br />
side by side.<br />
A CDC planning<br />
document notes that<br />
vaccines are expected to<br />
be shipped immediately