REGULATORY · COMPETITIVE · USA
Federal judge stays appointment of 13 ACIP members
Change
A federal judge stayed the appointment of 13 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), effectively invalidating their roles and the decisions they had made.
Why it matters
A federal judge issued a stay on the appointment of 13 ACIP members. The stay effectively invalidates those members' roles on the committee and the decisions the committee made. The US currently has no functioning vaccine advisory committee. One former co-chair, Robert Malone, said he has been pushed out and will not be involved in future decisions; an appointee, Joseph Hibbeln, said no one has been asked to be appointed to any new ACIP.
Implications
- · Execution of ACIP advisory decisions is halted while the stayed appointments remove authorized committee membership.
- · Previously issued ACIP decisions have been invalidated, removing their current authority for implementation within vaccine programs.
- · ACIP seats remain vacant and the committee lacks operational capacity to perform advisory functions.
Who is affected
- · Manufacturers
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