Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Guest: Donald Middleton, MD

Influenza causes considerable morbidity and mortality in children. In fact, the CDC estimates that from the 2010-2011 season to the 2019-2020 season, seasonal flu-related hospitalizations among children younger than 5 years old have ranged from 7,000 to as high as 26,000 every year.1 This is a sobering reminder of the pivotal role vaccination plays in preventing influenza disease, and now, recent safety and immunogenicity data has led to the expanded age indication for the cell-based vaccine FLUCELVAX QUADRIVALENT. Explore that data and what this approval means for patients 6 months of age and older with Drs. Charles Turck and Donald Middleton.

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Flu and young children. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/highrisk/children.htm. Accessed December 22, 2021

USA-QIVc-21-0169 December 2021