Moderna Omicron booster cleared in Canada for children and adolescents

Moderna $Moderna, Inc.(MRNA)$  announced that Health Canada authorized its COVID-19 booster shot targeting the Omicron subvariant BA.1 for use in those aged 6 – 17.

Accordingly, the messenger-RNA-based bivalent vaccine, mRNA-1273.214, will be allowed as a booster shot in Canada for children and adolescents who have completed a primary series with any authorized COVID shot or a previous booster.

The authorization limits mRNA-1273.214 dosage to 25 μg for children aged 6 – 11 years and 50 μg booster dose for adolescents aged 12 -17 years.

Canada has previously authorized mRNA-1273.214 and the company’s BA.4/ BA.5 targeting Omicron booster mRNA.1273.222 for use in those aged 18 years and above.

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  • wigglyz
    ·2023-02-23
    Moderna will get a large portion of the entire elderly population. The eventual market will be like flu. 2023 will be larger once the virus kicks up because the pandemic is too recent.
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  • nimbly
    ·2023-02-23
    Moderna will offer one shot for all the viruses tested and manufactured locally and developed in the late Spring.
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  • vippy
    ·2023-02-23
    This is perhaps the first ever concrete recognition by wallstreet that Moderna is more than just a covid vaccine company.
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  • zinglee
    ·2023-02-23
    Moderna is the best biotech company, on its way to revolutionize medicine.
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    ·2023-02-21
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    ·2023-02-20
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