FDA cancels March meeting on flu vaccine composition without explanation
A March meeting of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to discuss the composition of flu vaccines for this fall바카라 게임 웹사이트s flu season has been canceled, a member of the advisory committee told CNN.
The meeting of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, or VRBPAC, is held every March 바카라 게임 웹사이트to pick flu strains, because it바카라 게임 웹사이트s a six-month production cycle for a vaccine released in September,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Dr. Paul Offit, a member of VRBPAC, told CNN Wednesday.
He said this year바카라 게임 웹사이트s meeting had been set for March 13, and he received an email Wednesday afternoon saying it had been canceled.
바카라 게임 웹사이트No indication it바카라 게임 웹사이트s been postponed,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he told CNN; 바카라 게임 웹사이트canceled.바카라 게임 웹사이트
He said it wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t clear who directed the meeting to be canceled or why, and said it바카라 게임 웹사이트s also not clear now how flu vaccine manufacturers will get guidance on the composition of seasonal flu vaccines - 바카라 게임 웹사이트relying on WHO recommendations? What바카라 게임 웹사이트s the plan?바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said.
The FDA confirmed the cancellation in a statement sent to CNN on Thursday.
바카라 게임 웹사이트A planned March 13 meeting of the FDA바카라 게임 웹사이트s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee on the influenza vaccine strains for the 2025-2026 influenza season in the northern hemisphere has been canceled,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the agency said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The FDA will make public its recommendations to manufacturers in time for updated vaccines to be available for the 2025-2026 influenza season.바카라 게임 웹사이트
A meeting of CDC바카라 게임 웹사이트s vaccine advisers, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, scheduled to take place this week had already been postponed. The included discussions and votes on flu shots and flu shots for the Vaccines for Children program, which provides vaccines for children whose parents and guardians may not be able to afford them.