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US FDA grants approval for Merck’s pneumococcal vaccine for children

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Merck's (MSD outside the US and Canada) pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine, Vaxneuvance, for use in children aged six weeks to 17 years. The post US FDA grants approval for Merck’s pneumococcal vaccine for children appeared first on Pharmaceutical Technology.

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Pharmaceutical microbiology: key developments 2022

European Pharmaceutical Review

This also occupies a large resource, given the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirement for double plate checking using a second ‘independent’ person. The FDA is doing this through the publications of Guidance for Industry. The previous record for vaccine development and approval was four years for the measles vaccine.

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