FDA Approves Intramuscular Administration for Merck’s MMRV Family of Vaccines

 Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the addition of the intramuscular (IM) route of administration to the United States Product Insert (USPI) for Merck’s MMRV family of vaccines: M-M-R®II, VARIVAX®, and ProQuad®.

While these vaccines have a long history in the U.S., until now they have only been administered via subcutaneous (SC) injection.

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