Bavarian Nordic’s mpox vaccine, Jynneos (MVA-BN), is set to be trialled in pregnant and breastfeeding women and infants. The Phase III trial (PregInPoxVac) will enrol around 350 pregnant women and 250 ...

An initial 899,000 vaccine doses have been allocated to Nigeria and 8 other countries across Africa that have been hit ...

“The supply includes contributions from multiple nations and organisations, including 1.85 million doses of MVA-BN from the ...

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The WHO has declared a global health emergency over a new strain of mpox rapidly spreading in Africa. Here’s what you need to ...

In August 2024, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

One manufacturer is Bavarian Nordic, which created Jynneos (MVA-BN), a vaccine that protects against both smallpox and mpox. A spokesperson for the company told pharmaphorum that the vaccine works ...

The Access and Allocation Mechanism (AAM) for mpox, a mechanism formed to counter mpox, has allocated an initial 899,000 ...

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A total of 265,000 doses of the MVA-BN mpox vaccine arrived in Kinshasa in September. DRC expects to receive the LC-16 mpox vaccine, which has the potential to protect children. The mpox vaccination ...

The Africa Centre Disease Control (CDC), with global health partners, has announced the launch of a "pivotal" clinical trial ...