Pfizer Inc. said that results from its Covid-19 vaccine’s late-stage trial involving young children showed a "favorable safety profile and robust neutralizing antibody responses."
The pharmaceutical company said that a 10 µg dose given to children between the ages of 5 and 11 (which is around a third of that given to older children and young adults in similar testing) produced comparable results in generating antibodies that can protect against virus.
Pfizer expects to submit the trial data to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, as well as the European Medicines Agency, "as soon as possible.”
The drugmaker also mentioned that data from trials involving children under the age of 5 will be available later this year.