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# FDA Allows Reformulated Novavax Vaccine
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-allows-reformulated-novavax-vaccine/
- Published: 2023-10-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T18:59:52.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Biologics, #legacy-id-D5155476

FDA has amended the emergency use authorization of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine adjuvanted, for use in individuals 12 years of age and older to include the 2023-2024 formula. The updated vaccine is intended to provide protection against currently circulating variants to provide better protection against serious sickness, including hospitalization and death. “Consistent with the [totality of the evidence](http://email.prnewswire.com/ls/click?upn=3slWLw94I3jq-2B-2FedjFNgZBXz-2B-2FE8Ul3OAwUdV5WscvM6NaSa5bBBJyQ-2FsqhoCY0BynGUwfkTkafA9S4qwhzSHSMR4h6PvzZd1zIz8bbl-2BVtNyT8mhR3US1p8tABd88NvLIJ3SXv-2BzyCY8WevMTFtobe6mDb-2B3Cx2yWlHgR-2BrrKs-3DffP9%5Ff0D7hj0BJ4b-2F7NuVqzPDs7FGiq8VLIwAX0sPSotqoLJejYqb1dmQHyCXe45PgGWVllroD7beDGCSBli5ZQVVwaP5v8sSRtEHLFKmmgHI-2BpD-2B8vWgFQ1VvmuoTQjWuU8twtZQbQHb8W9qSXOYweDmGPjMlmJ-2BLhAkMkUCOE85QN6UeY4BXRukbEuUY0uMu-2FaPZJeHP8IX6bepRItFgLug2hb3rORGUsqCoDE5wyJ1-2B5b7Yymiq8gxqIADuS19vX3PdiaDRFlTaU9-2FE8YytFcEW-2F-2FthGAxIe8k59Q0nxCs2gPeAjvJi1ISk9-2FqaDHv-2F-2FDvt8YqGMp-2FLKz-2FLKjKZ-2F6AKpcJvJdsAqkW2fzfY9tsX4Y-3D&ref=fdaweb.com) and input from the FDA's expert advisors, the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine, adjuvanted, a monovalent vaccine, has been updated to include the spike protein from the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant lineage XBB.1.5 (2023-2024 formula),” an [FDA release](https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-authorizes-updated-novavax-covid-19-vaccine-formulated-better-protect-against-currently?ref=fdaweb.com) says. The Novavax action follows the agency’s [approvals and authorizations](http://email.prnewswire.com/ls/click?upn=3slWLw94I3jq-2B-2FedjFNgZJQlqERpxMcPvAzrI43L5palQ5xkNqR8cpy5jgYYGXzJFwkB-2FBJuprd695c7n6UARP3Ju4hTtoNxyKjPALoqNZ-2FGI83XeDw4YDDracrop3NYEwsC-2BoEb2kt1d-2B4lWrDAfPtzAP1byyYtFP2Nkl0n6NB99UYl-2BWAO9SJWnLWGkg-2FSq9hBJbXp-2FgXSDuvxH-2BOANQ-3D-3DePl5%5Ff0D7hj0BJ4b-2F7NuVqzPDs7FGiq8VLIwAX0sPSotqoLJejYqb1dmQHyCXe45PgGWVllroD7beDGCSBli5ZQVVwaP5v8sSRtEHLFKmmgHI-2BpD-2B8vWgFQ1VvmuoTQjWuU8twtZQbQHb8W9qSXOYweDmGPjMlmJ-2BLhAkMkUCOE85QN6UeY4BXRukbEuUY0uMu-2FaPZJeHP8IX6bepRItFgLug2mz2O7-2F2iXoFwPB2QrRLa2C-2B4d-2FEZ2jzo5Z5w5zk3oQZSDdC37IFk7-2BvlmSb9g5JBVfrNuSRUZRRPpnRU2JPMnpKIA807uxrxWPRCtN5bdf-2F8u9jO4WWSCwPAhjGvRE3-2FzEcimbIMyQxXN-2F4FrJ66sY-3D&ref=fdaweb.com) last month of updated mRNA Covid vaccines for 2023-2024 manufactured by Moderna and Pfizer.