Activity at Bavaria’s Nordic headquarters near Copenhagen has never been so intense. After the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the monkeypox outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern” in July, its highest alert level, orders have been pouring in from around the world. A small Danish biotech is actually the only supplier of a vaccine against this disease in the world. Vaccine 3e generation, it is more secure than its predecessors, and “85% effective against monkey poxexplains Rolf Sass Sørensen, Vice President of Bavarian Nordic. This means that 85 out of 100 vaccinated people will be protected from the disease. We tested it in Africa as well.”
Bavarian Nordic, which employs 850 people, plans to deliver at least 2 million doses this year. “Fortunately, we had them in stock when the outbreak started in May.says Rolf Sass Sorensen. But this is not enough to overcome the explosion of demand. Few…
Source: Le Figaro
