Bavarian Nordic A/S (BVNKF.PK) announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorization for IMVANEX (MVA-BN) for active immunization against smallpox disease for the general adult population, including people with weakened immune systems (people diagnosed with HIV or atopic dermatitis). This is the first European approval of a novel biodefense vaccine developed through a successful public-private partnership with the U.S. government, the company said.
Since 2010, Bavarian Nordic has been delivering the vaccine to the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile for emergency use in immune compromised individuals, such as people with atopic dermatitis and HIV who are not recommended to receive conventional, replicating smallpox vaccines. IMVAMUNE/IMVANEX has also been supplied to other government stockpiles around the world, the company said.
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