#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

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.

kerplunk@mastodon.scot

#FDA backs down on #Moderna: The agency had refused to review the company's licensure application for an mRNA flu vaccine

I guess somebody realised that Moderna was invited to move across the Border to Canada r EU with China also open for the researchers.

I hope Moderna pulls out of Pedorapistfascistrumpisstan anyway..

weekend_editor@mathstodon.xyz

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.