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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vaccine advisory committee meeting in March has been canceled, reports claim.
According to CNBC, a member of the advisory panel said the meeting was canceled without explanation.
A Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for March to select the strains to be included in next season’s flu shot has been canceled. https://t.co/MryCcRUVhA
— NBC News Health (@NBCNewsHealth) February 27, 2025
Per CNBC:
The meeting of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, or VRBPAC, is held every March to select flu strains for shots released in the upcoming fall and winter.
But Dr. Paul Offit, a member of that panel, told CNBC that he received an email at 4:18 p.m. ET on Wednesday saying that the upcoming March 13 meeting is canceled. He said there was no indication of whether it will be rescheduled.
“Who canceled this meeting? Why did they cancel the meeting? Will manufacturers now turn to the World Health Organization to determine strains for this year’s influenza vaccines?” Offit told CNBC.
The Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The canceled meeting comes as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who now leads HHS, makes early moves that could affect vaccination uptake and policy in the U.S. Kennedy has a lengthy track record of being a vaccine skeptic.
🇺🇸FDA VACCINE COMMITTEE MEETING—CANCELLED
A key FDA advisory committee meeting on vaccine policy, set for March, has been abruptly canceled.
Committee member Paul Offit confirmed receiving an email from the agency on Wednesday notifying them of the decision.
No reason has… https://t.co/oldK0lnCAQ pic.twitter.com/RueGq5TEEz
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) February 27, 2025
The advisory committee meeting is a critical resource for vaccine makers trying to figure out which flu strains to include in their shots for the next flu season. https://t.co/LushF7T7RU
— STAT (@statnews) February 27, 2025
Reuters reports:
Dr. Stanley Perlman, another member of the committee said he had not yet been notified of the cancellation, but had been expecting it because the meeting had yet to be announced in the Federal Register. He said he had heard about the cancellation from another committee member.
Perlman said that flu vaccines – particularly those that are made in chicken eggs – can take time to produce and that it would be important to get the meeting scheduled soon so vaccine makers are able to have the shots ready for next flu season.
“I would think that we don’t have much time,” Perlman said.
He added he had been notified that a separate meeting of a subcommittee planned for later in March had also been canceled.
“There’s so much disruption going on at the FDA, the CDC and the NIH. I don’t know what the basis for (the cancellation) is,” Perlman said.