<p>The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed Moderna Inc that it will rapidly work towards the finalisation and issuance of emergency use authorisation (EUA) for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, commissioner Stephen Hahn said late Thursday.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/us-fda-panel-endorses-moderna-s-covid-19-vaccine-928590.html" target="_blank">US FDA panel endorses Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine</a></strong></p>.<p>Earlier in the day, a panel of external advisers to the FDA overwhelmingly endorsed emergency use of Moderna vaccine candidate, virtually assuring a second option for protecting against Covid-19 for a pandemic-ravaged nation.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/coronavirus-vaccine-live-updates-covaxin-clinical-trials-human-trials-coronavirus-vaccine%20tracker-india-russia-us-china-oxford-moderna-bharat-biotech-866148.html" target="_blank"><strong>Coronavirus vaccine news live updates on DH</strong></a></p>.<p>The FDA is expected to grant the EUA as early as late Thursday or Friday, providing another ray of hope to a nation that has lost more than 300,000 lives to Covid-19 and as record numbers of patients threaten to overwhelm US hospitals and healthcare workers.</p>
<p>The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed Moderna Inc that it will rapidly work towards the finalisation and issuance of emergency use authorisation (EUA) for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, commissioner Stephen Hahn said late Thursday.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/us-fda-panel-endorses-moderna-s-covid-19-vaccine-928590.html" target="_blank">US FDA panel endorses Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine</a></strong></p>.<p>Earlier in the day, a panel of external advisers to the FDA overwhelmingly endorsed emergency use of Moderna vaccine candidate, virtually assuring a second option for protecting against Covid-19 for a pandemic-ravaged nation.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/coronavirus-vaccine-live-updates-covaxin-clinical-trials-human-trials-coronavirus-vaccine%20tracker-india-russia-us-china-oxford-moderna-bharat-biotech-866148.html" target="_blank"><strong>Coronavirus vaccine news live updates on DH</strong></a></p>.<p>The FDA is expected to grant the EUA as early as late Thursday or Friday, providing another ray of hope to a nation that has lost more than 300,000 lives to Covid-19 and as record numbers of patients threaten to overwhelm US hospitals and healthcare workers.</p>