Regulator acts after WHO's emergency declaration
London — The European drugs regulator is bolstering its response to escalating cases of monkeypox, days after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global health emergency.
The task force will offer scientific advice, review the available scientific data, and co-ordinate independent monitoring studies on interventions, such as the Bavarian Nordic vaccine and Siga Technologies antiviral, which are being used to combat monkeypox. First identified in monkeys, the virus is transmitted chiefly through close contact, and is typically endemic to Africa.
On Tuesday, British health agencies secured funding to develop a standardised approach to test the performance of vaccines being used or in development against monkeypox.
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