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More than 45 Organizations Submit Public Comment Letter to VRBAC and the FDA on COVID-19 Vaccines

Published May 22, 2025

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Today, more than 45 organizations submitted a comment letter urging the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBAC) and the FDA to:

1. Provide manufacturers with a timely recommendation regarding the 2025-2026 updated strain for COVID-19 vaccines for use in the United States,

2. Work to facilitate continued availability of both mRNA-based and protein-based vaccines for the 2025-2026 season so that healthcare professionals, patients, and family caregivers have a choice among options that have met regulatory standards for safety and effectiveness, and

3. Continue to ensure that the labeling of COVID-19 vaccines covers both the adult and pediatric populations so that healthcare professionals, patients, and family caregivers have options and appropriate information for individual decision-making.

The more than 45 organizations represent public health, patients, family caregivers, and healthcare providers, who have a clear stake in the availability of 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccines. In the years since FDA first authorized vaccines to stem the tide of COVID-19, vaccines have become an essential public—and personal—health tool. The letter asks the FDA, in preparation for the upcoming 2025-2026 respiratory virus season, to follow its preexisting processes for review and, as appropriate, update the approved and authorized COVID-19 vaccines.

Read the full letter.

The list of organizations that signed the letter include:

  • Alliance for Aging Research
  • Alliance for Patient Access
  • Alliance for Women’s Health and Prevention
  • American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
  • American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
  • (ASCP)
  • Arthritis Foundation
  • Asian & Pacific Islander American Health
  • Forum (APIAHF)
  • Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
  • Autoimmune Association
  • Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation
  • California Chronic Care Coalition
  • Caregiver Action Network
  • CaringKind
  • Chronic Care Policy Alliance
  • Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
  • Families Fighting Flu
  • Generations United
  • Gerontological Society of America
  • Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation
  • Global Coalition on Aging
  • HealthyWomen
  • Immune Deficiency Foundation
  • Immunize.org
  • Infectious Diseases Society of America
  • Lupus and Allied Diseases Association, Inc.
  • Men’s Health Network
  • National Alliance for Caregiving
  • National Association of Nutrition and Aging
  • Services Programs (NANASP)
  • National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
  • National Community Pharmacists Association
  • National Consumers League
  • National Council on Aging
  • National Health Council
  • National Hispanic Council on Aging
  • National Hispanic Health Foundation
  • National Minority Quality Forum
  • NCBA Inc
  • Nurses Who Vaccinate
  • Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
  • Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease
  • Prevent Blindness
  • RetireSafe
  • Society for Women’s Health Research
  • The Headache and Migraine Policy Forum
  • The Mended Hearts, Inc.
  • Vasculitis Foundation
  • Voices of Alzheimer’s

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