Posted on 08/04/2021 10:22:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission has approved a supply contract with U.S. firm Novavax to buy up to 200 million doses of its potential COVID-19 vaccine, the Commission said on Wednesday.
The move is part of the EU's strategy to diversify its vaccine portfolio after the bloc betted heavily for the coming years on messenger RNA (mRNA) shots produced by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
"Our new agreement with Novavax expands our vaccine portfolio to include one more protein-based vaccine, a platform showing promise in clinical trials," EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides said in a statement.
French drugmaker Sanofi, in partnership with British firm GlaxoSmithKline, is also trying to produce a protein-based COVID-19 vaccine and has already signed a supply deal with the EU. But their trials suffered a setback in December, delaying development.
Under the contract, EU states will be able to buy up to 100 million doses of the Novavax vaccine, with an option for 100 million additional doses until 2023, once the shot has been approved by the EU drugs regulator which is currently reviewing it, the Commission said.
Novavax reached a preliminary deal with the bloc in December, but a final agreement was delayed for months because the U.S. company faced productions problems.
The deal would allow EU states to receive the first Novavax doses from the last quarter of this year, the Commission said, confirming a Reuters report from May
Novavax confirmed the deal in a statement and said it was working to complete the submission of vaccine data to the EU drugs regulator in the third quarter of this year, with delivery of initial doses expected to begin after approval.
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For those who don’t know what Novavax’s vaccine is like ....
The company claims its vaccine shows efficacy at preventing the original virus. However, it also shows efficacy against variants of concern like delta and delta plus. It also utilizes typical protein-based technology (not mRNA) , whereas the other major U.S. vaccines utilize mRNA formulas.
And I do not believe Novavax contains PEG, which can be fatal to some people. I’ve asked my HMO whether they will have Novavax and they said they would. They will provide it to their patients—or anyone else who wants it—after they watch what it does for people after 30 days. If people get bad reactions or drop dead, forget about it.
Great.
EU is waaaaay behind US medical.
They can give all 200 million doses to Boris Johnson. That will solved all of the UK’s problems (and set them free). Think final scene from the original ‘Blade’ movie.
Am I the only one that (at first) wondered when the EU got some Navy SEALS, and when they had anything to do with vaccines?
Man, I need to get to bed :P
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