Currently, Pfizer’s and Moderna’s omicron shots are authorized as a booster, while the first two doses are still the old shots based on the original strain.
The proposed change would only affect people who have not yet received their two-dose primary vaccination series. No timeline was provided on when this switch might occur if the FDA accepts the panel's nonbinding recommendation.
The FDA has proposed moving to a system that resembles how the agency updates and rolls out flu shots every year. The agency would select a Covid vaccine formulation in June to target the variant that is expected to dominate in the fall and winter. That formulation would be used by all manufacturers for all doses.
"The advantage of this also is if we can see the influenza vaccine and the Covid-19 vaccine occurring at the same visit, it facilitates a vaccination program that may lead to more people getting vaccinated and being protected and reducing the amount of disease we see," Marks told the committee members.
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