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Moderna (MRNA) Announces FDA Requires Additional Time to Decide on Emergency Use Authorization of COVID-19 Vaccine for Adolescents

November 1, 2021 5:54 AM EDT

Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today provided an update that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified the Company that it will require additional time to complete its assessment of Modernas Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) request for the use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273) at the 100 µg dose level in adolescents 12 to 17 years of age.

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Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech (BNTX) COVID-19 Vaccine Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Children Aged 5-11

October 29, 2021 5:46 PM EDT

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized for emergency use the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for children 5 through 11 years of age (also referred to as 5 to... More