(Aug 18): With governments around the world debating whether to authorize Covid-19 vaccine booster doses, Moderna Inc co-founder Noubar Afeyan envisions a time when the shot could become routine. “Public health officials are going to have to decide if everybody should get a booster shot,” he said in an interview on “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations” that’s airing on Bloomberg TV on Wednesday. Full approvalAfeyan said the company is hoping in the next couple of months for full US approval for its Covid-19 vaccine, which is currently authorized for emergency use. World leaders clamoured for access to the vaccine before approval, Afeyan recalled. “I did get calls that I never thought I would ever get before from many, many country leaders,” he said.

Source: The Edge Markets August 18, 2021 09:11 UTC