FDA expected to OK Pfizer boosters for older Americans this week

Regulators expected to OK Pfizer boosters for older Americans this week U.S. regulators are expected to authorize a third booster shot of the Pfizer Inc /BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine for older and some high-risk Americans early this week in time for the government to roll them out by Friday as hoped. Michael Erman Reuters

Sept 20 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are expected to authorize a third booster shot of the Pfizer Inc (PFE.N)/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine for older and some high-risk Americans early this week in time for the government to roll them out by Friday as hoped.

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to give the nod to the shots for at least this group in the days ahead of a meeting of advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. The CDC panel will discuss more precise recommendations for how the shots will be administered. ...