FDA Updates COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements for Fall 2024

Legislative/Regulatory,

The the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee unanimously recommended a monovalent JN.1-lineage vaccine composition for the fall COVID-19 vaccine formula.

Based on the totality of the evidence, the FDA advised manufacturers of the licensed and authorized COVID-19 vaccines that the COVID-19 vaccines for use in the United States beginning in fall 2024 should be monovalent JN.1 vaccines to more closely match currently circulating SARS-CoV-2 viruses.

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