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EU watchdog backs Moderna booster for over-18s
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe EU’s drug watchdog approves booster doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for all people aged 18 and over, amid concerns that protection levels dip after initial shots.
Spikevax is the second booster to be given the green light after Pfizer/Biontech’s vaccine, which received the green light earlier this month.
“Data showed that a third dose of Spikevax given six-to-eight months after the second dose led to a rise in antibody levels in adults whose antibody levels were waning,” the European Medicines Agency says.
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