Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2022
FDA considering dividing Jynneos doses into fifths to increase vaccine supply
5 August 2022 - The Biden administration is considering splitting doses of the smallpox vaccine, which are being used to prevent monkeypox amid the current outbreak, into five smaller doses, the head of the FDA said Thursday.
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said during a briefing that his agency was looking into possible solutions to increase the number of available doses of the Jyenneos vaccine. One of these proposed solutions is dividing the current doses into fifths.
