Pfizer, a major American pharmaceutical company, has applied for approval from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to expand the target age of the new coronavirus vaccine from the previous 5 years or older to 6 months or older.
This is the first time that an application for approval has been submitted to people under the age of five.
The target age of Pfizer's vaccine has been gradually expanded, and now it is 5 years old or older, but Pfizer applied for approval from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the 14th to newly add 6 months to 4 years old to the target. Did.
The amount of active ingredient is one tenth that of an adult vaccine and requires three doses.
Other vaccines approved in Japan are targeted for ages 12 and over for Moderna and 40 and over for AstraZeneca in principle, and this is the first time that an application for approval has been submitted to those under 5 years of age.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will examine the efficacy and safety based on the data of clinical trials conducted overseas and decide whether or not to approve it.
Regarding vaccination of children under 5 years old, last month, the US FDA = Food and Drug Administration urgently made it possible to inoculate Pfizer vaccine from 6 months to under 5 years old and Moderna from 6 months to under 6 years old. We have issued permission to use it.