The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Pfizer's RSV vaccine for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV in adults aged 18 to 59 at increased risk of the disease.

While it’s a win for Pfizer over GSK and its RSV vaccine Arexvy, which is approved for those 50 and older, it’s difficult to determine how much advantage will be gained from the nod as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) will have to sign off on Abvrysvo's use in the wider age group.

Pfizer’s Abrysvo is the first respiratory syncytial virus vaccine that can be used for adults less than 50 years of age. Tuesday’s label expansion covers younger adults who are deemed at higher risk of RSV-related lower respiratory tract disease.

Abrysvo can prevent lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV for people between the ages of 18 and 59 who are at increased risk. It is the first RSV vaccine indicated for adults younger than 50,

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday approved Abrysvo (respiratory syncytial virus vaccine). Developed and marketed by US pharma giant Pfizer, the vaccine is now authorized for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by RSV in individuals 18 through 59 years of age who are at increased risk for LRTD caused by RSV.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ABRYSVO® (Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine), the company’s bivalent RSV prefusion F (RSVpreF) vaccine,

The U.S. FDA has approved Pfizer's respiratory syncytial virus vaccine Abrysvo for individuals 18 to 59 years old that are at increased risk of lower respiratory tract disease from the virus. Those conditions include obesity,