Pfizer Nears Submitting Data to FDA for 4th COVID-19 Shot

Omicron-related cases are down significantly, but certain groups may still need additional vaccine protection.

A recent NBC News article discussed Pfizer’s plans to submit data to the FDA for a fourth dose of its COVID-19 vaccine. As Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla put it to CNBC in an interview last Friday, “Clearly there is a need in an environment of omicron to boost the immune response.” Pfizer’s scientists are seeing that the initial booster’s protection against omicron is beginning to wane after three to four months, suggesting a need for a fourth dose.

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