Just gets better28 Aug 2024 09:02
August 27, 2024 – Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX: BAVA) announced today that Singapore’s medicines regulatory authority, Health Sciences Authority (HSA), has approved JYNNEOS® (MVA-BN) for prevention of smallpox and mpox disease in adults 18 years of age and older determined to be at high risk for smallpox or mpox infection.
This marks the transition to a full approval for JYNNEOS in Singapore, where like in many other countries, the vaccine was made available under emergency use provisions to mitigate the last mpox outbreak.
“The recent declaration from the World Health Organization (WHO) that mpox again represents a Public Health Emergency of International Concern highlights the importance of removing barriers for access to approved vaccines all over the globe, and we are pleased to add Singapore to the list of countries where our smallpox and mpox vaccine is now approved. We continue to work with regulators in other countries as well to further broaden its access. Importantly, we are currently supporting the WHO Emergency Use Listing process and the Africa CDC to ensure rapid availability of the vaccine in the African continent, where prophylactic solutions are urgently needed,” said Paul Chaplin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bavarian Nordic.