The vaccine approval comes just one day after the WHO issued a high-level alert declaring the rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak as a global health emergency
Danish biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic said on Monday the European Commission had given permission for its Imvanex vaccine to be marketed as protection against monkeypox, as recommended last week by the European Medicines Agency .
“The availability of an approved vaccine can significantly improve nations’ readiness to fight emerging diseases, but only through investments and structured planning of the biological preparedness,” Bavarian Chief Executive Paul Chaplin said. But the company has supplied the vaccine to several EU countries during the current monkeypox outbreak for what is known as “off-label” use.
The development of Imvanex was made possible through significant investments from the U.S. government during the past two decades, the company added.
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