{"id":37437,"date":"2021-07-08T21:56:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T04:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=37437"},"modified":"2021-07-08T21:58:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T04:58:09","slug":"pfizer-to-seek-fda-authorization-for-booster-of-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=37437","title":{"rendered":"Pfizer to seek FDA authorization for booster of COVID-19 vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">Pfizer and BioNTech announced Thursday that they plan to seek authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine, saying it would provide even stronger protection.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released Thursday afternoon, the companies said they have seen &#8220;encouraging data&#8221; from an ongoing trial of the booster shot, adding that it provides levels of neutralizing antibodies five to ten times higher, when administered six months after the second dose. 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