Pfizer, Modern and Novavax in free fall to Wall Street after the rumors out of 25 alleged deaths of children linked to anti -Covid vaccines. On the topic weighs the new line of the Trump administration and the uncertainty of the next decisions of the Committee of Centers for Disease Control and Preventionthe control and prevention centers of infectious diseases.
The actions of the pharmaceutical giants recorded strong losses in the session on Friday 13 September:
- Modern -7%;
- Pfizer -3%;
- Novavax -4%.
The dossier on the alleged deaths from Covid in children
Sales were unleashed was an investigation out of The Washington Post according to which the Health Department led by Novax Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be about to submit a new dossier toAdvisory Committee on Immunization Practices (which recommends CDC).
The document would contain all the information that would connect the 25 pediatric deaths to the preparations against the Coronavirus. These are data contained in the Vaers database (Adverse Event Reporting System vaccines), the pharmacovigilance system that collects spontaneous reports and not verified of adverse events.
Attention, the CDC website also explains it: the database collects cases on which to investigate and not rehearsal evidence. Without autopsy analysis, comparisons between expected and observed cases or independent reviews, it is not possible to establish a direct link between vaccine and deaths.
The Health Department has also specified that the document is still in draft and that:
Until the official sharing in the Acip process, each conclusion must be considered speculative.
Too bad that the markets have already acted, with the investors who have decided to stop pointing money on Big Pharma.
Tight on vaccines in the USA: the next stages
The Acip will meet on 18 and 19 September and will have to decide whether to confirm the current recommendations, limit them further or postpone any choice pending new data.
A narrow could weigh not only on families, which could have less access to vaccinations, but also on insurance and public programs that are based on the CDC guidelines to guarantee vaccination coverage.
Are anti -Covid vaccines safe for children?
In the meantime, the international scientific framework remains clear: the main regulation authorities (from the American FDA to the European Ama) have not detected new serious critical issues in children or pregnant women.
The only known signal remains the rare increase of myocarditis in young males, with low rates and monitored. Global analyzes continue to show that, in the pediatric population, the benefits of vaccination exceed risks (principle that is the basis of the priority approval that anti Covid preparations had).
The same CDCs have always recommended vaccination in pediatric age.
Because Big Pharma actions have fallen
The prospect of a regulatory vine lap immediately hit the Biotech titles. Investors fear that any restrictions can drastically reduce the revenues of Covid vaccines, already decreasing compared to pandemic peaks.
It remains to be understood if the ACIP vote next week will sanction a definitive change of course or if it will limit the decision – which appears most likely, with the opening of an investigation that could last various months.
