
National / Science & Health Apr 19, 2022
Distribution of Novavax vaccines to local governments are expected to start in late May, the health ministry said.
Distribution of Novavax vaccines to local governments are expected to start in late May, the health ministry said.
It is not clear yet how Novavax performs against the omicron variant, or whether a booster dose will be needed.
Known as TAK-019 in Japan, the vaccine has proved to be 90% effective in preventing infections at clinical trials held abroad.
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The vaccine is also more stable and easily stored than mRNA vaccines, which will be helpful in broad distribution.
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The company plans to apply for regulatory clearance globally, with much of the first available doses going to low- and middle-income countries.
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The drugmaker said it expects to gain results from a study on 200 Japanese participants age 20 or older in the second half of this year.
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The U.S. company believes the vaccine was 85.6% effective against the highly transmissible U.K. variant, which was also circulating during the study.
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South Korea is in talks to purchase 40 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by Novavax, its local manufacturer SK Bioscience said Wednesday. The deal, if agreed, will boost supply of COVID-19 vaccines in the country to 146 million doses, more than enough for ...