Pfizer and BioNTech received U.S. FDA EUA for Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine in children

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On Dec. 8, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had granted Emergency Use Authorization of their Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine as the third 3-ᄉg dose in the three-dose primary series for children 6 months through 4 years of age.

Children in this age group can receive a primary series consisting of two 3-ᄉg doses of the original Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine followed by a third 3-ᄉg dose of the bivalent vaccine to complete the primary series.

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