Final week, the World Health Organization declared that an outbreak of mpox, a viral an infection that spreads by means of shut contact, represents a world well being emergency for the second time in two years.
“Bavarian Nordic can nonetheless provide as much as 10 million doses of our smallpox and mpox vaccine by the tip of subsequent yr, with 2 million doses of this capability accessible in the course of the remaining a part of this yr,” stated CEO Paul Chaplin.
The corporate might ramp up manufacturing of its mpox vaccine even earlier than having orders lined up, primarily based on the end result of talks this week with the WHO, Chaplin informed Reuters on Tuesday.
