US infectious disease experts Dr.
Anthony Fauci said on Friday he hoped the regulator could soon after next month began to give full approval for the use of the Covid-19 vaccine, a movement he said could spur a shot.
The use of pfizer / bionech vaccines and two-dose moderna and one-dose Johnson & Johnson shots are currently authorized based on emergency use by US Food and Drug Administration.
Formal approval by the FDA will provide a doctor of ability to prescribe the third dose of vaccines to people with a weakened immune system with an off-label base, Fauci said during an interview with Reuters.
Pfizer Inc.
and Bionech SE and Moderna Inc.
have submitted the FDA to request full approval for their vaccine.
Johnson & Johnson Inc.
hasn’t asked for full approval for his Covid-19 shots.
FAUCI, Director of the National Allergy Institute and Infectious Disease and Head of Medical Advisory to the White House, said Full approval by the FDA can encourage more Americans to get the Covid-19 vaccine because it can reduce their fear of Safety Shot and make local officials more comfortable to implement Vaccine mandate.
“Given what we have passed now and the number of months that have passed since (authorization of emergency use), I hope that in a very reasonable period of time in the future we will see it.
I hope like we get into mid-August that we almost arrive, “He said.
More than 163 million people in the United States, or almost half of the population have been fully vaccinated against viruses, according to the centers of controlling and prevention of disease.
But the level of vaccination remains very low in several parts of the country, partly because of a large number of people hesitate to receive vaccines, CDC data shows.
The spread of a very contagious Delta Coronavirus variant has triggered a surge in new infection, with the CDC reporting the increasing number of cases in almost 90% of US jurisdictions.
More than 611,000 people died of Covid-19 in the United States.
“If we get 100 million people in this country who are qualified to vaccinate that have not been vaccinated, it is the answer to the problem,” Fauci said.
“If we don’t get vaccinated people, you will continue to see the acceleration of the case.” The current Pfizer / Biontech vaccine is the only authorized in this country for teenagers between the ages 12 and 18.
Fauci said he hoped to start data about how well the vaccine worked in children aged 11 and below “when we entered In falling.
” The FDA may require vaccine makers to expand access to Covid-19 shots to younger children through a full approval process, rather than the faster emergency use authorization process (EUA) used to get shots that are cleaned in adolescents and adults, said Fauci.
Pfizer said earlier this week expects to have data from its clinical trials to potentially support EUA for children aged five to 11 at the end of September.
However, the data to support full agreement will take longer and expected at the end of the year.