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COVID Update: Bivalent Vaccine Booster Doses Authorized for Children ≥5 Years Old (online only)
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics • October 17, 2022; (Issue 1661)
The FDA has expanded its Emergency Use
Authorizations (EUAs) for the COVID-19 vaccines
manufactured by Pfizer/BioNTech (Comirnaty) and
Moderna (Spikevax) to permit use of the bivalent
formulations of these...
The FDA has expanded its Emergency Use
Authorizations (EUAs) for the COVID-19 vaccines
manufactured by Pfizer/BioNTech (Comirnaty) and
Moderna (Spikevax) to permit use of the bivalent
formulations of these products (containing mRNA
from the original and BA.4/5 Omicron strains of
SARS-CoV-2) as a booster dose in children as young
as 5 years old (Pfizer) or 6 years old (Moderna).
The bivalent Pfizer vaccine had previously been
authorized for use in persons ≥12 years old and the
bivalent Moderna vaccine in persons ≥18 years old. Bivalent vaccines are not authorized for primary
immunization against COVID-19. The monovalent
Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are no longer
authorized for use as booster doses in any age group.