US CDC ACIP Puts GSK’s Penmenvy Even With Pfizer, Prepares For Infant MedQuadFi, Lyme Vaccines

US CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted for harmonized meningococcal vaccine recommendations, while hearing updates about Sanofi’s pending supplemental MedQuadfi indication, AstraZeneca’s FluMist self-administration launch plans, and Lyme disease

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' April meeting was crowded with topics including both pentavalent and quadrivalent meningococcal offerings. (Shutterstock)
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  • The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 15-0 to recommend GlaxoSmithKline's pentavalent meningococcal vaccine Penmenvy for healthy people 16-23 years of age and people...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices sprinted through a condensed two-day schedule at its 15-16 April meeting, which originally had been planned to cover...

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