A Milestone Meeting For US FDA: Vaccine Reviews After COVID
Executive Summary
The tandem reviews by a US FDA advisory committee of two RSV vaccine candidates from Pfizer and GSK is a milestone event for the agency. They are the first non-COVID vaccine BLAs to go to committee since the pandemic began – and the debut of the new vaccine office leadership at FDA.
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