Pfizer could have data on how well its Covid-19 vaccine works in kids under age 5 by the end of the year, CEO says.
Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel, who joined Bourla in a joint interview at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate at the University of Massachusetts Boston campus, also said his company is testing its vaccine in children, though he didn't say when data could be available.for 12- to 17-year-olds while they study the rare risk of heart inflammation, known as myocarditis, which has been seen in a small number of young men who received the shot.
The pharmaceutical executives' comments come as the Biden administration is urging all eligible Americans to get a booster shot of a Covid-19 vaccine over concerns about the omicron variant and the continued spread of the highly transmissible delta variant. , while Moderna's vaccine has been authorized for adults. The only group in the U.S. not eligible to get a shot are children under age 5.
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