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AUGUST 31, 2021

Comirnaty COVID-19 Vaccine Gets Unanimous ACIP Nod

By Kate O’Rourke

On Aug. 30, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously to recommend the Pfizer-BioNTech messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) for people 16 years of age and older under the FDA’s Biologics License Application approval.

The 14-member panel agreed that the benefits of vaccination against COVID-19 far outweighed the risks. The vote follows the FDA’s approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for the