Pfizer Asks Health Canada to Approve COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids

Monday, 18 October 2021 17:20

By Linda Morgan

Pfizer looking to become first company with approved COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11.

Pfizer has asked Health Canada to approve use of its vaccine on kids between the ages of 5 and 11.

If given the go-ahead, it'll be the first shot available to children in Canada, but new child-sized doses will need to be made available.

The vaccine was a team effort with Germany's BioNTech, and the doses are about one-third the size of that given to people 12 and older.

The company completed a clinical trial for its child-size dose, and the data was submitted to Health Canada earlier this month.

As well, a formal request for approval was made last week to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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