Novavax’s Nuvaxovid Receives Expanded Authorization for COVID-19 in Canada
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- Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373) received expanded authorization from Health Canada as a homologous booster for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 in adults aged ≥18yrs.
- The expanded authorization was based on the P-II trial in South Africa & P-III (Prevent-19) trial in the US & Mexico evaluating NVX-CoV2373 in healthy adult participants aged 6-11mos., following their initial 2-dose regimen in the trials. The results from P-III trials showed a greater immune response to levels in line with or over those linked to protection
- Local & systemic reactions had a median duration of ~2 Days, the incidence of grade ≥3 events were low, and reactogenicity events showed an increased incidence across 3 doses of Nuvaxovid with increased immunogenicity
Ref: PRNewswire | Image: Novavax
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