Pediatric flu vaccine data
Executive Summary
Influenza strain data and vaccine response research for pediatric populations "has not really gotten the priority...it deserves" due to limited resources, Office of Vaccines Research & Review Supervisory Medical Officer Roland Levandowski, MD, tells agency's vaccines advisory committee. In January 2002, committee "strongly recommended" that strain surveillance data be obtained from a pediatric population to study immunogenicity and efficacy of the vaccine. At Feb. 20 meeting on strain selection, several committee members cited a pressing need for pediatric data in light of recommendations for increased flu vaccine use in children (1"The Pink Sheet" July 8, 2002, p. 12)...