corona pandemic
Vaccine against flu and corona is being tested in the USA
A vaccinated person is vaccinated in the vaccination center with the Corona vaccine from Novavax. (to dpa “Standard vaccinations on the decline in Saxony – plus for others”) Photo
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It was only in November that Biontech/Pfizer announced the start of a phase 1 study of a combination vaccine against influenza and corona. Now the next step follows for the two companies.
A combination vaccine developed by Biontech/Pfizer, which could in future be used to vaccinate against Covid-19 and flu at the same time, has been included in an accelerated approval process by the US drug agency FDA.
This was announced by the Mainz-based German company Biontech and its US partner Pfizer (New York).
The vaccine combines an mRNA-based influenza vaccine with a corona vaccine adapted to both the currently predominant omicron sublines BA.4/BA.5 and to the wild type.
At the beginning of November, the two companies announced the start of a phase 1 study of the vaccine. Around 180 people between the ages of 18 and 64 should take part in the USA.