The Food and Drug Administration has reversed its shocking refusal to consider Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine for approval.
The refusal was revealed last week in a sharply worded press release from Moderna. Subsequent reporting found that the decision was made by political appointee Vinay Prasad, the Trump administration’s top vaccine regulator, who overruled a team of agency scientists and a top career official in rejecting Moderna’s application.
In an announcement Wednesday morning, Moderna said the FDA has now agreed to review its vaccine after the company held a formal (Type A) meeting with the FDA and proposed a change to the regulatory pathways used in the application.
“We appreciate the FDA’s engagement in a constructive Type A meeting and its agreement to advance our application for review,” Stéphane Bancel, Moderna’s CEO, said in the announcement. “Pending FDA approval, we look forward to making our flu vaccine available later this year so that America’s seniors have access to a new option to protect themselves against flu.” The agency is expected to provide a decision on the vaccine by August 5, 2026.
Strange how the US media has avoided the George Tidmarsh affair.
Never heard of George Tidmarsh? He was #2 under Prasad before he was caught soliciting bribes for approval in December.
https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2350
I have significant concerns about the FDA’S integrity since 2016, it had several bad approvals under Biden. People are dying on these drugs.
Thank fuck. Can these fuckers please leave medicine alone so we can actually develop vaccines for diseases we weren’t able to before?
Having a vaccine for Epstein–Barr would be amazing, especially if it turns out to be the cause of parkinsons.
Like, can we make actual fucking progress please.
Progress?
Under this Federal Government? The same one that is actively trying to fucking kill us?
The FDA does not make new drugs. Neither do drug companies. Drugs come from NIH funded research, which was completely cut in 2025. There are some drugs further in pipelines, but by 2030 there will be no advances in medicine because the US cut 80% of the world’s research budgets and other countries have not stepped up. Not one.
