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Monkeypox vaccine producer says enough supplies are available

Towleroad May 25, 2022 Leave a Comment

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An illustration photo shows a medical syringe with the word Monkeypox virus in the background. Sufficient supplies of the Imvanex vaccine against monkeypox are available to handle the current outbreak, the producer of the shot told DPA on Wednesday. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Sufficient supplies of the Imvanex vaccine against monkeypox are available to handle the current outbreak, the producer of the shot told dpa on Wednesday.

Bavarian Nordic is the only company in the world whose monkeypox vaccine has regulatory approval. It is currently possible to produce 30 million doses annually, spokesman Rolf Sass Sørensen said.

Cases of monkeypox are spreading. The virus usually causes mild symptoms such as rash, fever and pustules, but can also be severe.

The company is based in Denmark and produces the vaccine there, although it was initially developed in the German branch in Martinsried near Munich.

However, the shot is only approved in the US, where it is called Jynneos, and Canada.

Planning is currently under way for it to be approved in the European Union is being planned, Sørensen said.

In Europe, the vaccine has only been approved for smallpox in humans, which is considered extinct. The vaccine is also being used in Britain but “off label,” without the corresponding approval, Sørensen continued.

He said the company was receiving many enquiries about the shot but did not state which countries had bought the vaccine or how much.

Germany has ordered “up to 40 000 doses” of smallpox vaccine, according to Health Minister Karl Lauterbach.

Bavarian Nordic’s smallpox shot was originally developed based on work with the US government set up after the attack on 2001 World Trade Center attack, when Washington feared a future attack could involve smallpox viruses.

The government planned to vaccinate the entire population, Sørensen said, noting that the older vaccines were associated with significant side effects.

“That’s why they came to us and asked us to make a better and newer generation of smallpox vaccine,” he added. It is a very safe vaccine that has been tested on very solid data, he said.

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