What full FDA approval could change about Covid vaccination.
"As an approved product, like all medical products, it can be used off label at the discretion of a health care provider and the patient," said Goodman, who is also a former chief scientist of the FDA and a former director of the agency's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research."But that could have some complicated effects."
"I think most would follow the recommended approvals from the FDA and what's been recommended" by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, he said, referring to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's panel of independent advisers that helps set vaccination guidelines."But clearly not all. There are people who get strong beliefs or if a patient or family member pressures a doctor, they may say OK. It does open the door for some problematic uses.
"When you use a vaccine off label, you're playing with fire, because you don't have the data, and that's not a good idea," Pitts said, adding that when medications are used for unapproved uses, some supporting data are typically already available. But anecdotal reports suggest it's already happening, particularly among fully vaccinated adults seeking additional doses. On Twitter, Dr. Eric Topol, a physician-scientist at Scripps Research in California,
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