US FDA v. COVID Mutants: Multi-Factorial Assessments Will Determine When Product EUAs Need To Change
Executive Summary
Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock offers hints as to the content of upcoming guidance on how emerging virus variants may impact vaccine and therapeutic development. US may need multivalent vaccine and multiple boosters.
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