FDA cancels March meeting on flu vaccine composition without explanation
A March meeting of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to discuss the composition of flu vaccines for this fall맥스카지노s flu season has been canceled, a member of the advisory committee told CNN.
The meeting of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, or VRBPAC, is held every March 맥스카지노to pick flu strains, because it맥스카지노s a six-month production cycle for a vaccine released in September,맥스카지노 Dr. Paul Offit, a member of VRBPAC, told CNN Wednesday.
He said this year맥스카지노s meeting had been set for March 13, and he received an email Wednesday afternoon saying it had been canceled.
맥스카지노No indication it맥스카지노s been postponed,맥스카지노 he told CNN; 맥스카지노canceled.맥스카지노
He said it wasn맥스카지노t clear who directed the meeting to be canceled or why, and said it맥스카지노s also not clear now how flu vaccine manufacturers will get guidance on the composition of seasonal flu vaccines - 맥스카지노relying on WHO recommendations? What맥스카지노s the plan?맥스카지노 he said.
The FDA confirmed the cancellation in a statement sent to CNN on Thursday.
맥스카지노A planned March 13 meeting of the FDA맥스카지노s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee on the influenza vaccine strains for the 2025-2026 influenza season in the northern hemisphere has been canceled,맥스카지노 the agency said. 맥스카지노The FDA will make public its recommendations to manufacturers in time for updated vaccines to be available for the 2025-2026 influenza season.맥스카지노
A meeting of CDC맥스카지노s vaccine advisers, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, scheduled to take place this week had already been postponed. The included discussions and votes on flu shots and flu shots for the Vaccines for Children program, which provides vaccines for children whose parents and guardians may not be able to afford them.