FDA reverses course, agrees to review Moderna's flu vaccine

[lostincalifornia]

Source: Statnews

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration reversed course and told Moderna it would review its application for a new flu vaccine, the company announced Wednesday.

The agency told Moderna earlier this month that it would not review the submission because of a dispute over the design of a clinical trial, sparking an industry backlash and raising questions about broader decision-making at the FDA. The decision was made by top agency official Vinay Prasad, who STAT previously reported had overruled career scientists in the vaccine center.

Moderna is trying to secure approval for an mRNA flu vaccine for adults 50 and older. The FDA will now review the product in adults 50 to 64 through a regular pathway, and adults over 65 via accelerated approval with a requirement to run a post-marketing study. The agency will aim to review the vaccine by Aug. 5.

“We appreciate the FDA’s engagement in a constructive … meeting and its agreement to advance our application for review,” said Stéphane Bancel, Moderna’s chief executive officer of Moderna.”

Read more: https://www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/fda-moderna-reverse-course-flu-vaccine/

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Maybe it is time for Vinay Prasad to find another line of work, since he was the one who overruled career scientists in the vaccine center.

This is the same person who had a problems with the Covid vaccine, with his criticisms bordering on conspiracy rhetoric, with the data or evidence to back it up.

[markodochartaigh]

1. I remember in the 80's,

when I first became a registered nurse, hospitals beginning the transition from being run by doctors to being run by administrators whose only health care experience was complaining about the hospital decor when they visited their relatives in the hospital for plastic surgery.
"If you can run a McDonald's, you can run a hospital" was the mantra. And hospitals, and the entire "health" care system became an exercise in wealth extraction.
The current regime is the ultimate expression of that pathological and metastatic philosophy.

[LiberalArkie]

2. I remember when hospitals and the insurance companies were non-profit

[markodochartaigh]

3. Yes,

although even "non-profit" hospitals these days can be cornucopias of profit for their administration.

[LiberalArkie]

4. These days it is "Non-profit after executive compensation"

[tableturner]

5. As if you can trust this upcoming review...