Vaccine Adjuvant Heightens Panel’s Worries About Rare Adverse Events With Heplisav
Executive Summary
FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee recommended 8 to 5 with one abstention that Dynavax acquire more safety data pre-licensure for its hepatitis B vaccine.
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