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Bavarian Nordic Receives U.S. FDA Approval of Jynneos Freeze-Dried Smallpox and Mpox Vaccine

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 31, 2025 – Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX: BAVA) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the freeze-dried formulation of Jynneos® (Smallpox a...

First U.S. Case of New Mpox Strain Spotted in Traveler

MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2024 – As Africa continues to battle an outbreak of the newer "clade Ib" strain of mpox, California officials have confirmed the first known U.S. case of this strain of the virus....

U.K. Reports First Cluster Outside of Africa of New Mpox Variant

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 – Four cases of the more infectious variant of mpox have been reported in the U.K., making it the first cluster of infections that have surfaced outside of Africa. British...

Mpox Spread in Congo May Be Slowing

TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 – In an early sign that the mpox outbreak in Africa might be ebbing, some health officials report that case counts seem to be stabilizing in the Congo, the epicenter of the...

First Doses of Mpox Vaccine Reach Africa, But Many More Are Needed

FRIDAY, Sept. 6, 2024 – As mpox continues to spread in Africa, Congolese authorities said Thursday that the first batch of vaccines have arrived in that country's capital. The shipment comes three...

Emergent BioSolutions’ ACAM2000 (Smallpox and Mpox (Vaccinia) Vaccine, Live) Receives U.S. FDA Approval for Mpox Indication

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental Biologics Li...

WHO Unveils Plan to End African Mpox Outbreak

TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 – As an mpox outbreak continues to rage in Africa, the World Health Organization on Monday launched a six-month plan to quell its spread. “The mpox outbreaks in the Democratic ...

Congo Says First Vaccines to Fight Mpox Arriving Next Week

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 21, 2024 – The first mpox vaccine doses from the United States are set to arrive next week in the Congo, the epicenter of an ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa. The doses come not a...

WHO Declares Africa Mpox Outbreak a Global Health Emergency

THURSDAY, Aug. 15, 2024 – The World Health Organization on Wednesday made the rare move of declaring an ongoing African outbreak of mpox a global health emergency. A new clade (strain) of the virus,...

Monkeypox Update: FDA Authorizes Emergency Use of Jynneos Vaccine to Increase Vaccine Supply

August 09, 2022 – Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Jynneos vaccine to allow healthcare providers to use the vaccine by intradermal...

FDA Approves Jynneos (Smallpox and Monkeypox Vaccine, Live, Non-replicating) for Prevention of Smallpox and Monkeypox Disease in Adults

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, September 24, 2019 – Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX: BAVA, OTC: BVNRY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Jynneos™ (Smallpox and Monkeypox Vac...

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