ドイツ発（datelined Germany）： seek vaccine emergency approval
２０２１年４月１０日（Sat.）15:00UP ： ファイザーはUSでの若年層（12〜15歳）に対するワクチンの緊急使用の認可を求めています。（ニュースソース： DWーDE ４月１０日発 ）
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Coronavirus digest: BioNTech, Pfizer seek vaccine emergency approval for US adolescents
Pharma companies BioNTech and Pfizer have sought approval for the emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents aged 12 to 15 in the United States. All the latest COVID-19 news from DW.
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There currently are not any coronavirus vaccines approved for use in children
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German biotech company BioNTech and Pfizer have sought approval from US regulators for the emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents aged 12 to 15. The vaccine is currently authorized for emergency use in the US for people aged 16 and above.
The drugmakers said they have reached out to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an expansion of the authorization after the shot was found to be safe and effective in 12- to 15-year olds in a clinical trial.
Dr. Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the FDA, said regulators had received the companies' request and added: "While the FDA cannot predict how long our evaluation of the data and information will take, we will review the request as expeditiously as possible using our thorough and science-based approach."
Inoculating young people has been deemed critical in reaching herd immunity and containing the coronavirus pandemic.
Moderna Inc and Johnson & Johnson are also testing their shots in people between the ages of 12 and 18. Pfizer and Moderna have expanded trials to even younger children -- aged six months to 11 years.
（注： ワクチン主要各社が若年層へのトライアルを進めています。また、ファイザーとモデルナは6ヶ月から11歳までを対象に拡げています。）
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日本もワクチン開発や生産体制を、国を挙げて見直し・テコ入れすべきでしょう。現在の自民党・公明党の政権ではダメです。二階幹事長は、未だにGoToトラベルに固執しているようですが、あれだけの予算を旅行業業界に投入するよりも、ワクチンに関する分野・業界に投資すべきでしょう。逆に、GoToによって、感染を拡大させてしまったことは数値が示しています。全く、二階も安部も“我田引水“的発想でエコひいき政治なのです。それが今に続いているのです。残念でなりません。
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