The EMA gave the green light on July 22 to “extend the indication of the smallpox vaccine Imvanex” to adults against monkeypox.
L’European Medicines Agencyts (EMA) approved this Friday the Imvanex vaccine in the European Union against monkeypox in adults. This serum is initially destined to fight against human smallpox.
Already authorized in France, Imvanex is manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic.
It has been approved against monkeypox due to the similarity between this virus and the smallpox virus. First detected in humans in 1970, monkeypox is less dangerous and contagious than its cousin smallpox, eradicated in 1980.
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