#FDA backs down on #Moderna: The agency had refused to review the company's licensure application for an mRNA flu vaccine, but after significant pushback has relented.

[helenbranswell@scicomm.xyz]

#FDA backs down on #Moderna: The agency had refused to review the company's licensure application for an mRNA flu vaccine, but after significant pushback has relented. https://www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/fda-moderna-reverse-course-flu-vaccine/

[flowerpot@mas.to]

@HelenBranswell This is excellent news! Thank you for sharing this.

[xaxat@mastodon.social]

@HelenBranswell And now the #FDA can pretend to be a science based endeavor as opposed to a home for political operatives.

[bakerrl75@m.ai6yr.org]

@HelenBranswell Promoting to #Vaccines

[kimlockhartga@beige.party]

@HelenBranswell This is for all the people who say that complaining "doesnt do anything." Pressure campaigns and public outrage does have an effect.

[weekend_editor@mathstodon.xyz]

@HelenBranswell

According to the article:

They've scheduled the review for August, likely too late for this fall's flu season.

They're demanding a post-approval (Phase IV?) study for those over 65.

And Makary got on Fox news and called the trial "unethical".

I have little hope that the review will be fair, at this point.

FDA Refuses Moderna mRNA Flu Vaccine Submission

Today the FDA is refusing an application for an mRNA flu vaccine, for reasons which are as deadly as they are astoundingly stupid.

(www.someweekendreading.blog)