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Pfizer spells out why Vaccines and continued Vaccine Innovation matters today and for the future

Pfizer spells out why Vaccines and continued Vaccine Innovation matters today and for the future

Health & Wellbeing, International
Pfizer, one of the world’s premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, has in concert with partners, earmarked World Immunization Week 2023 as the beginning of a year-long global campaign to vaccinate millions of children and return to pre-corona virus pandemic vaccination levels. World Immunization Week is celebrated in the last week of April each year (24 to 30 April for the 2023 edition), to highlight the collective actions needed to protect people from vaccine-preventable diseases.This year’s celebration is on the theme; “The Big Catch-up.” According to Pfizer in a statement outlining the year-long focus, this year’s campaign comes at a critical turning point for immunization following over two years of immunization backsliding caused by COVID-19 pandemic disruptions. It i...
EU approves smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox

EU approves smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox

International, World News
Approval of Imvanex comes after the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency. The European Union’s executive arm has approved a smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared its spread a global health emergency, the Danish drugmaker that developed the jab said. “The European Commission has extended the marketing authorisation for the company’s smallpox vaccine, Imvanex, to include protection from monkeypox” in line with a recommendation by the EU’s medicines watchdog, Bavarian Nordic said in a statement on Monday. “The approval … is valid in all European Union Member States as well as in Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.” The European Medicines Agency (EMA) carries out a scientific assessme...
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