Peter Marks<\/strong> called vaccines for younger children “one of our highest priorities,” but acknowledged the agency needed complete applications from vaccine manufacturers in order to finish its review.<\/p>\nThe FDA will ask its independent vaccine advisers to weigh in on vaccines for younger children, too, and Marks said the agency would release a timeline for advisory committee meetings in the next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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