Pfizer, a major American pharmaceutical company, has begun clinical trials to confirm the efficacy and safety of the new coronavirus vaccine in pregnant women.
Vaccines developed by Pfizer and others have been inoculated in multiple countries such as the United States and Japan, but clinical trials have not been conducted to confirm their effects on pregnant women and their safety in the fetus.
Pfizer announced on the 18th that it has started clinical trials on about 4000 pregnant women in several countries including the United States.
According to it, the subject is a healthy woman over the age of 18 who will be given a vaccine or saline for comparison between the 24th and 34th weeks of gestation.
Pregnant women participating in clinical trials should investigate the effects on the body's immune response and health over a period of 7 to 10 months, as well as whether the antibodies produced by the vaccine in the mother's body are transferred to the foetation. I am doing it.
Pfizer says animal studies have not shown any effects on fertility.
In the United States, although there are limited data on the safety of vaccinations for pregnant women, some people actually inoculate them because they are at high risk of becoming seriously ill if infected. ..
In addition, Israel allows vaccination of pregnant women, saying that "there is no evidence of any effect on the foetation or pregnancy," and although the United Kingdom does not recommend it, vaccination should be done after consulting a doctor. I admit.