US FDA Appears To Quickly Renege On Next-Gen COVID Vaccine Guidance With Updated Booster Announcement
Executive Summary
After issuing guidance and making public statements saying the first updated COVID-19 vaccines would require clinical trial data, agency picks new vaccine composition that will make obtaining such data highly unlikely before a planned fall booster campaign.
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