Moderna expected to miss Sept. 20 deadline for booster approval

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators don’t expect to meet the Biden administration’s Sept. 20 timeline of making booster shots widely available to those who received the Moderna Covid vaccine, said a person familiar with the process.

Top health officials informed the White House they will need more time to review the Moderna application because the data the company submitted Sept. 1 was “found inadequate and needs strengthening,” the person said.

But officials believe regulators are still on track to make a decision on boosters for Pfizer’s vaccine by Sept. 20. The FDA has an advisory committee meeting scheduled to discuss the Pfizer boosters Sept. 17, the person said.

“These things happen and are part of the process," the person said. "We have and will continue to follow the science."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/moderna-expected-to-miss-sept-20-deadline-for-booster-approval/ar-AAO4Dgb

[Salviati]

1. It seemed from the stories that I had seen...

.... that the moderna shot had been doing a bit better against delta, and had been proving to be a bit longer lasting as well, so hopefully this won't be a big deal. Everything is evolving in real time, so people are being exposed to the actual goings on of real science, and it's not what people most likely expect.

Science does not provide you with correct answers. Science is an iterative method of becoming less wrong.

[LisaL]

2. The issue seems to be with the dose.

Moderna wants to use half a dose and they submitted data for it. FDA wants to see data for a full dose. FDA stance really doesn't make sense to me, since Moderna's half a dose is still more mRNA than Pfizer's full dose.
And Pfizer is apparently getting approved.