When It Comes To A COVID-19 Vaccine For Kids, It Will Be Awhile

US FDA will be cautious about development of a COVID-19 vaccine for children, Commissioner Hahn says at the Financial Times US Pharma And Biotech Summit.

Group of kindergarten kids friends arm around sitting and smiling fun — Health officials are beginning to contemplate how to handle a COVID vaccine for children • Source: Shutterstock

As public attention is focused on when the first vaccines for COVID-19 may reach the market, the industry and regulators are beginning to think about the steps that will need to be taken to expand the use of those vaccines to children. US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn suggested the agency will take a cautious approach to moving the products into the younger population.

None of the large Phase III clinical trials for the investigational COVID-19 vaccines currently in development by Pfizer Inc.,...