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Moderna to apply for vaccine approval this month

A Palestinian health worker shows a box of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine after the delivery of doses from Israel, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Feb 3 this year. (Reuters photo)

Moderna will submit its application for approval for its Covid-19 vaccine this month, a health official said on Thursday, as the country gets ready for its mass vaccination drive.

Surachoke Tangwiwat, a senior Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official, told Reuters that in addition to Moderna, India’s Bharat Biotech had started sending documents for registration of its vaccine.

Bharat Biotech’s vaccine showed interim efficacy of 81% in late-stage clinical trials, the firm said this month.

The FDA is expected to reach a decision this month on the vaccine of Johnson and Johnson, Surachoke said.

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