FDA rejects Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application - for reasons with no basis in the law

By Ana Santos Rutschman, Professor of Law, Villanova University

The Food and Drug Administration has refused to review an application from the biotech company Moderna to approve its mRNA-based flu vaccine.

The agency’s decision, which Moderna announced in a press release on Feb. 10, 2026, is the latest step in efforts by federal health officials under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to disrupt…

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