✅ FDAapproves Boostrix for use during the last 3 months of pregnancy to prevent pertussis in infants under 2 months old. The drug was previously approved among pregnant people for their own protection. MedTwitter
The federal agency on Friday approved Boostrix for use during the last 3 months of pregnancy to prevent pertussis in infants under 2 months old. The vaccine, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, was previously approved among pregnant people for their own protection.
"Infants younger than 2 months of age are too young to be protected by the childhood pertussis vaccine series,” said Peter Marks, MD, PhD, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, in a press release."This is the first vaccine approved specifically for use during pregnancy to prevent a disease in young infants whose mothers are vaccinated during pregnancy.
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