Pfizer’s Maternal RSV Vaccine Quest May Hinge On FDA Advisors’ Views of Preterm Birth Data
Executive Summary
A numerical – but not statistically significant – imbalance in preterm births was seen in two Pfizer studies of its RSV vaccine when given to pregnant people with the aim of protecting newborns.
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