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Three doses of Valneva’s Covid-19 vaccine neutralized the omicron coronavirus variant in early laboratory studies, the French biotech
Wednesday, boosting its share price and adding to the stock of vaccines including Pfizer and Moderna that are effective against omicron as it eyes regulatory approval in Europe in the coming months. © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LPThe majority of blood samples from 30 participants in the firm’s clinical trial contained neutralizing antibodies—an indicator of immunity—against omicron, the company said in a statement.
All of the samples had neutralizing antibodies against the original virus strain and the delta variant, Valneva said, though neutralization against delta and omicron was 2.7- and 16.7-fold lower, relative to the original strain. The results complement earlier trials on two doses of the vaccine and demonstrate the shot’s “ability to address currently circulating variants of concern,” said Valneva’s chief medical officer Juan Carlos Jaramillo.Regulatory approval. Valneva expects the shot to receive its first approvals in the first three months of 2022 and the company has been providing data to the European Medicines Agency, the U.K.
a 190 million dose deal with the firm for allegedly breaching supply commitments, something the company strongly denies.
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