RSV vaccines could soon be available, decades after the first attempt

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COVER.METALNATION.ORG Multiple RSV vaccines are expected to be approved by the FDA this year. Shots for infants are in development, but they are aimed at older adults.

COVER.METALNATION.ORG Food and Drug Administration is poised to approve several respiratory syncytial virus vaccines by next winter, roughly six decades after the first attempt.

COVER.METALNATION.ORG In the United States, there has never been an approved RSV vaccine. There are two vaccine applications under review by the FDA - one from Pfizer and one from GlaxoSmithKline.

COVER.METALNATION.ORG Monoclonal antibodies are close behind to protect babies. It serves the same purpose as a vaccine. AstraZeneca and Sanofi have already approved the shot in Europe, and the FDA is reviewing their application.

COVER.METALNATION.ORG RSV is often contracted multiple times throughout life and infects most people by age 2. Approximately 300 children under 5 die annually from this virus in the U.S.

COVER.METALNATION.ORG Children's hospitals were overwhelmed by RSV cases earlier this winter, reminding us of the virus's danger. Pharmaceutical companies have been racing to market vaccines since then.

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