Monkeypox Outbreak: Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter said the EU would buy Bavarian Nordic’s Imvanex and Tecovirimat from Siga Technologies in the United States.<\/p>\n
stockholm: the european union is working on a common purchasing agreement for vaccines and antivirals against monkeypox, as cases of the viral disease usually endemic to africa gather steam in europe and beyond.<\/p>\n
a broad consensus was reached in principle with member states for the health emergency preparedness and response authority (hera) to acquire medical countermeasures on their behalf as soon as possible, a european commission spokesperson told reuters, confirming a report by swedish daily dagens nyheter<\/p>\n
the eu is in talks to buy bavarian nordic’s vaccine imvanex as well as the antiviral, tecovirimat, developed by u.s.-based siga technologies, the paper said, citing sweden’s vaccine coordinator richard bergstrom.<\/p>\n
Bergstrom said that no contract with either firm had yet been signed.<\/p>\n
“But it will go quickly. We should have a contract ready in a week or so and maybe some limited deliveries in June,” the paper quoted him saying.<\/p>\n
A Bavarian Nordic spokesperson confirmed HERA had contacted the Danish biotechnology company regarding its vaccine.<\/p>\n
“We’ve had several calls with HERA…we have no idea when there will be an agreement. It is not up to us to say when there will be an agreement – there are two parties involved,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
If an agreement was in fact reached, Bavarian Nordic had enough supply to satisfy demand, he added.<\/p>\n
The smallpox and monkeypox viruses are closely related.<\/p>\n
Bavarian Nordic’s vaccine has official European approval for smallpox, although doctors can prescribe it off-label for monkeypox.<\/p>\n
SIGA’s treatment tecovirimat – branded as TPOXX – has European approval for smallpox, monkeypox and cowpox.<\/p>\n
Global health officials have tracked more than 200 suspected and confirmed cases of the usually mild viral infection in about 20 countries since early May.<\/p>\n
Symptoms of monkeypox – which can include fever, distinctive rashes and pus-filled skin lesions – can last for two to four weeks, but often resolve on their own.<\/p>\n
The variant of the virus implicated in the current outbreak is believed to kill a small fraction of those infected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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