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FDA Advisory Meeting on Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Announcement
The FDA announcement about the Advisory Committee meeting on the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster for September 17, 2021 is here. The time will be 8:30 AM-3:45 PM ET (check your time zone provided on the FDA YouTube web page). Review materials (if available) will be posted at the FDA link provided in the announcement.
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Comirnaty vs Comiranty Spelling Bee Issue Resolved
This is just an update on the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty vs Comiranty spelling issue at UIHC, which has been resolved today. It took a few emails to get it fixed. I was beginning to think I was losing my mind and that I was the only who could see the mistake. Comirnaty had apparently…
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Comirnaty Misspelled by the Medical Community
This afternoon I just notified somebody at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (UIHC) that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine’s name is misspelled on several of their web pages. The new name for the vaccine is Comirnaty (pronounced koe-mir-na-tee). UIHC misspells it as “Comiranty.” And it has been that way for at least a week,…
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Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters
The messaging on COVID-19 boosters is being clarified by the CDC and the FDA in separate announcements, posted September 1, 2021. The CDC update is here. The FDA announcement is here. The FDA plans to hold a virtual meeting about the issue September 17, 2021 from 8:30 AM to 3:45 PM EST and it will…
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The COVID-19 Delta Variant
I’m passing along the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics information about the Delta variant of COVID-19. If you’re vaccinated and you get infected with the Delta variant, you might feel like your symptoms are from allergies or a cold. If you’re not vaccinated, you’re a lot more likely to get sick enough to be…
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Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices Meeting On Boosters Today
Judging from the slides in Dr. Sarah Oliver’s presentation, “Framework for booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines” in the ACIP meeting this afternoon, there is limited data to support COVID-19 vaccine boosters for the general population at this time. The target populations for boosters would be the residents of Long Term Care Facilities (LTCF), health professionals,…
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FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine
Today the FDA approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine (now marketed as Comirnaty). Excerpt of the media announcement below: “The FDA’s approval of this vaccine is a milestone as we continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. While this and other vaccines have met the FDA’s rigorous, scientific standards for emergency use authorization, as the first FDA-approved…
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COVID-19 Boosters for The Immunocompromised: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
Information from The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics on COVID-19 vaccine boosters for the immunocompromised is here.
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Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting on Boosters
There is a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) scheduled for August 30, 2021 to discuss COVID-19 vaccine boosters. It looks like it was originally scheduled for August 24, 2021 but was rescheduled. This link to the Federal Register announcement identifies the matters to be considered (booster doses) of the meeting although…
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COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses May Be available September: Joint Statement from HHS PUblic Health & Medical Experts
The CDC and FDA released a Joint Statement today indicating COVID-19 vaccine booster doses for all Americans possibly beginning as soon as September 2021. An excerpt is below: “We have developed a plan to begin offering these booster shots this fall subject to FDA conducting an independent evaluation and determination of the safety and effectiveness…
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