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# FDA Denies ICAN Covid Vaccine Petition
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-denies-ican-covid-vaccine-petition/
- Published: 2022-06-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T17:49:20.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Biologics, #legacy-id-D5152111

FDA has denied a 5/20 petition submitted by the Informed Consent Action Network relating to emergency use authorizations for and development of vaccines to prevent Covid-19\. The petition asked that FDA: 

- revoke its 5/10/21 emergency use authorization for the use of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 12 through 15;
- refrain from authorizing Moderna’s current Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 12 through 17; and
- require T-cell assessment from Covid-19 vaccine developers as a measure of evaluating vaccine efficacy.

The agency's 58-page letter says FDA concluded that the petition does not contain facts demonstrating any reasonable grounds for the requested actions and thus the petition was denied.