Pfizer has just started testing this new type of Covid vaccine

Your next blow of Pfizer could protect you from several diseases at a time.


If you have been fully vaccinated for a few months now, you have probably envisagedWhen you need a booster. While the experts predict between eight months to more than a year, nothing is set in stone. At this moment, the initial blows seem to provideAt least six months of protection And most American recipients are still within this period. Nevertheless, pharmaceutical companies work on the development of boosters for the fall if they were necessary and Pfizer has announced its test of a Covid vaccine booster that will help protect against several diseases at a glance.

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May 24,Pfizer announced He had just started a trial involving 600 adults of more than 65 years to test the administration of the company's anti-pneumococcal vaccine - which protects against pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis - with a third dose of Covid. The current study is intended to test the safety and efficiency of the combination of two vaccines.

Those who participate in the trial have obtained their second dose of the Pfizer Covid vaccine at least six months before receiving this booster. The test participants will obtain randomly or theCombined vaccines, a placebo or purely a booster of Covid.

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"In case of success and approved,People could get both vaccines In a visit, "pfizer pfg-cpAlbert Bourla Tweeted after the ad.

He also noted that the "main" target of the test is to test the administration of vaccines at a time, while the secondary goal is to identify the immune response.

Pfizer is not the only pharmaceutical company that seeks to combine the Covid vaccine with another common shot in the future. In April, CEO of ModernaStéphane Bantel told CNBCSafe that their next booster of Covid could beCombined with the influenza vaccine, help you develop antibodies against both diseases in one session. "What we are trying to do in MODERNA in fact, it's trying to get an influenza vaccine in the clinic this year, then combining our influenza vaccine at our Covid vaccine, so you only need to get a boost to your local CVS store ", Bond mentioned. He hoped that the combined vaccine annually "protects you with the variant concern against Covid and the strain of seasonal flu".

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