FDA will evaluate Pfizer’s request to allow Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 12-15 ‘as quickly as possible,’ acting commissioner says – erienewsnow.com

By Madeline Holcombe and Theresa Waldrop, CNN
The Food and Drug Administration will evaluate “as quickly as possible” Pfizer’s request to expand the emergency use authorization of the drug maker’s Covid-19 vaccine to include people ages 12-15 in the United States, FDA Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock said.
Pfizer on Friday asked the FDA for the amendment.
“While the FDA cannot predict how long our evaluation of the data and information will take, we will review the request as expeditiously as…

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