Pfizer Inc. (PFE) and BioNTech (BNTX) announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has recommended marketing authorization for the companies’ Omicron KP.2-adapted monovalent COVID-19 vaccine for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 in individuals 6 months of age and older. The European Commission will review the CHMP’s recommendation and is expected to make a final decision soon. Following the EC decision, Pfizer and BioNTech’s Omicron KP.2-adapted COVID-19 vaccine will ship to European Union member states that have specifically ordered this formulation. The CHMP recommendation dated September 19, 2024, is based on the non-clinical and manufacturing data of the Omicron KP.2-adapted vaccine and the clinical and real-world evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of prior formulas of the COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and BioNTech. The non-clinical data showed that the KP.2-adapted vaccine generates a substantially improved response against multiple currently circulating Omicron JN.1 sublineages, including KP.2, LB.1, KP.3, and KP.3.1.1, compared with the companies’ Omicron XBB.1.5-adapted COVID-19 vaccine. In July 2024, the EC granted marketing authorization for Pfizer and BioNTech’s Omicron JN.1-adapted COVID-19 vaccine. This authorization was based on evidence showing that the JN.1-adapted COVID-19 vaccine generates a substantially improved response against multiple Omicron JN.1 sublineages, including KP.2, LB.1, KP.3, and KP.3.1.1, as compared with the companies’ Omicron XBB. 1.5-adapted COVID-19 vaccine. Pending authorization of the Omicron KP.2-adapted vaccine by the EC, both the Omicron KP.2-adapted vaccine and the Omicron JN.1-adapted vaccine will be available across the EU, though availability will vary based on individual country government requests and national recommendations.
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