Expert panel backs Moderna shots after full US approval
ABC News
A federal advisory panel has voted to continue to endorse Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for U.S. adults
NEW YORK -- A federal advisory panel voted unanimously Friday to continue to endorse Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for adults, now that U.S. regulators have given the shots their full approval.
The decision has little practical effect. Tens of millions of Americans have already gotten Moderna shots, following its emergency authorization by the Food and Drug Administration more than a year ago.
Earlier this week, the FDA gave the product full licensure, following the kind of rigorous, time-consuming review given to other vaccines.
While the FDA licenses vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention makes recommendations to doctors and patients about how they should be used. So the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices took up the matter on Friday.
