FDA approves new Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

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Source: Axios

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The Food and Drug Administration approved Moderna's next-generation COVID-19 vaccine for adults 65 and older and those 12 to 64 years old with at least one underlying condition that could put them at risk of severe infection, the company said Saturday.

The big picture: It was the first such approval since FDA tightened COVID vaccine standards and required drugmakers to conduct more studies before approving updated shots for healthy adults under 65.

Regulators under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are putting new restrictions on COVID vaccines, including no longer recommending them for healthy children and healthy pregnant women.

What they're saying: Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said in a news release "COVID-19 remains a serious public health threat, with more than 47,000 Americans dying from the virus last year alone."

He said the approval "adds an important new tool to help protect people at high risk of severe disease from COVID-19."
Moderna expects to have the vaccine, called mNEXSPIKE, available for the 2025-2026 respiratory virus season

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/05/31/fda-approves-moderna-mnexspike-covid-19-vaccine

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I will try to get that this fall wherever I end up with as a pharmacy (I know not all carry all the various versions). I was at my Rite Aid where I have had scripts going back probably 45+ years when my current pharmacy's location went through a series of buyouts (it was a Thrift Drug, then Eckerd's, and finally Rite Aid) this past week and the pharmacy staff said that they had heard nothing at all from corporate about their disposition or where our scripts would be transferred.