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CDC Advisors Like Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine For Adolescents But Are Less Sure Of Coadministration

 
• By Sarah Karlin-Smith

Without giving ACIP a chance to vote on the change or providing additional data, CDC announces new guidance allowing coadministration of COVID-19 vaccines with other immunizations. Needless to say, the decision raised a few eyebrows.

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New CDC guidance allows for coadministration of COVID vaccines and other immunizations. • Source: Beata Predko / Alamy Stock Photo

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s COVID-19 vaccine easily got the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimous endorsement for persons 12-15 years of age at a 12 May emergency meeting following the US Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization for the population two days earlier. (Also see "Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine Moves Into Adolescents; Adcomm To Weigh Broader Pediatric Issues" - Pink Sheet, 11 May, 2021.)

The meeting also came with the unexpected news that CDC was updating its COVID-19 vaccine clinical guidance to permit coadministration with other vaccines for all populations and COVID-19 vaccines. Many...

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