Adult Immunization

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' revisions prioritize vulnerable older adults and those at higher risk of severe infection.

This summary of updates to the ACIP 2024 Adult Vaccination recommendations includes 4 new vaccines and new formulations for COVID-19 and influenza shots.

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Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, and colleagues link 70% of the drop in cases to vaccine availability but caution the risk for long COVID remains significant.

The investigational live intranasal vaccine was safe and well-tolerated when given concomitantly with Fluzone HD and the combination outperformed the latter given by itself.

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Data from a study performed during the first season the shot was available expand on clinical trial evidence and support the safety of RSVpreF, authors wrote.

The novel vaccination is recommended as an option for adults aged 65 years and older who have not received a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

The committee endorsed a universal recommendation for a single lifetime dose of RSV vaccine for adults aged ≥75 years and a risk-based recommendation for those aged 60 to 74 years.

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Capvaxive is the only pneumococcal vaccine formulated specifically to protect adults 50 years and older from IPD and elicited robust immune responses in both vaccine-naïve and vaccine-experienced adults.

The investigational combination vaccine elicited higher immune responses vs licensed comparator vaccines in 2 independent age groups, the company said.

GSK announced today approval by the US FDA of a label expansion for the adjuvanted RSV vaccine that adds adults aged 50 to 59 years who are at elevated risk for RSV disease to the vaccine’s current indication.

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mRESVIA is Moderna's second mRNA-based vaccine and will be shipped in prefilled syringes, a desirable feature that could save clinical time, prevent errors.

In STRIDE 10, V116 was superior to PPSV23 in adults aged ≥50 years and naive to pneumococcal vaccine for 8 of 9 serotypes unique to Merck's investigational shot.

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Vaccine efficacy remained high at 82% at year 11 following vaccination, according to new long-term data.

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Nearly one-quarter of hospitalized adults aged 50 years and older with RSV experienced an acute cardiac event, according to results of a new study.

In adults hospitalized with RSV, odds of severe outcomes, including death, were much higher than for those admitted for, but vaccinated against, COVID-19, flu.

Pfizer plans to submit the phase 3 MONeT data to regulatory bodies in support of an expanded label for Abrysvo to include adults aged 18 to 59, the company said.

The study looked at the impact over 3 years but found that most of the averted burden, including more than 8000 fewer deaths, occur in the first year after vaccination.

The mRNA bivalent vaccine candidate produced a "more robust" immune response vs Spikevax and particularly in adults over the age of 65 years, said Moderna.

Respiratory vaccine R & D at Moderna, Merck, and Pfizer is focused on mRNA technology, added protection for vulnerable populations, and combination shots.

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The novel 21-valent pneumococcal vaccine remains on track for the FDA PDUFA date of June 17, 2024; Merck adds this new data to the body of positive evidence.

The bivalent vaccine demonstrated "durable efficacy" of more than 80% over 2 RSV seasons, according to Pfizer's report of topline findings from the RENOIR trial.