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The Novavax Covid vaccine has undergone months of clinical trials against not only the original coronavirus strain but also the new variants. The Maryland based biotech company says it’s 2 dose vaccine is around 90 percent effective and is safe – after being tested on nearly 30 thousand trial participants. “Where we are currently as investigators reviewing data with the sponsor. The FDA is looking at safety data and following up with patients who were vaccinated early this year to see if any of them have breakthrough cases and then trying to give efficacy results to the public so we...

Taiwan has chosen to get the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine via the COVAX global sharing scheme for lower-income countries, the company said on Friday, which would add much-needed additional shots to the island’s immunization program. Taiwan’s vaccine orders include 4.76 million doses from COVAX, though so far it has only received slightly more than 600,000 from the scheme, all AstraZeneca shots. Novavax, in an emailed statement, said it already had an agreement to supply its vaccine to the COVAX facility. “Taiwan has opted to receive doses of NVX-CoV2373 through COVAX,” it said, referring to the vaccine’s name and without giving details....

The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Sunday said it expected to issue emergency use authorization to the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, which is believed to be effective against coronavirus variants, including the Delta variant. "We are possibly looking to issue EUA to Novavax, one of the vaccines developed in the US and India. It is very promising and it seems to be effective against the Delta variant. They already published their results." "The EUA approval of Novavax is still pending with UK, India and America before they could complete their application here in the Philippines but we are expecting...