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Reuters: Novavax says COVID vaccine triggers immune response to Omicron variant

Posted on 12/27/21 at 6:48 am
Posted by finchmeister08
Member since Mar 2011
39744 posts
Posted on 12/27/21 at 6:48 am
Novavax says COVID vaccine triggers immune response to Omicron variant


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By Carl O'Donnell

(Reuters) -Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine is effective in generating an immune response against the Omicron variant, according to early data published on Wednesday, suggesting that the U.S. drugmaker's existing COVID-19 vaccine can help combat the new Omicron variant.

Novavax's two-dose, protein-based vaccine was authorized for use this week by European Union regulators and the World Health Organization. [L1N2T50VX] It has previously been approved by countries including Indonesia and the Philippines but not the United States.

Novavax said that receiving an additional booster dose of Novavax's vaccine further increased people's immune response to Omicron. The data was taken from Novavax's ongoing studies of its vaccine's effectiveness in adolescents and as a booster.

"We are encouraged that boosted responses against all variants were comparable to those associated with high vaccine efficacy in our Phase 3 clinical trials,” said Gregory M. Glenn, Novavax's president of research and development.

Other COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers, including Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc., also increase immune responses to Omicron, early data from those companies has shown. Resistance in all cases is stronger in people who have received an additional booster dose.

Novavax is working on developing an Omicron-specific vaccine and said Wednesday it expects to begin manufacturing doses of the variant-specific shot in January.

The drugmaker will start shipping vaccines to the EU's 27 member states in January as part of its deal to supply up to 200 million doses.

The company will also begin shipments in early 2022 to COVAX, a vaccine distribution mechanism overseen by WHO that allocates COVID-19 shots to poorer countries. Novavax and its partner, Serum Institute of India, have agreed to send COVAX more than 1.1 billion doses of Novavax's vaccine.

(Reporting by Carl O'DonnellEditing by Leslie Adler, Cynthia Osterman and Sonya Hepinstall)
Posted by wryder1
Birmingham
Member since Feb 2008
4769 posts
Posted on 12/27/21 at 6:56 am to
Isn’t it funny how the traditional based vaccine must go through all the hoops to be permitted for use in the US but the unproven new technology vaccine is pushed through and forced upon us. Clown world
Posted by Jack Daniel
Gold member
Member since Feb 2013
28782 posts
Posted on 12/27/21 at 6:56 am to
Do democrat politicians have investments in Novavax also? Because this will dictate the results of treatment
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
70184 posts
Posted on 12/27/21 at 7:09 am to
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but the unproven new technology vaccine is pushed through and forced upon us. Clown world


The vaccine was developed 2 weeks BEFORE the pandemic started. Hmmm.
Posted by Yaboylsu63
Member since Mar 2014
3244 posts
Posted on 12/27/21 at 7:10 am to
It sucks this has been slow played. I hate that vaccines are our only options. But with that said this may be the only one I would consider getting.

F the J&J and the mRNA shots.
Posted by LSUnation78
Northshore
Member since Aug 2012
14089 posts
Posted on 12/27/21 at 7:12 am to
It seems to be the only one they actually tested before approval… so yea
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
128064 posts
Posted on 12/27/21 at 7:17 am to
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unproven new technology


Lol
Posted by Strannix
C.S.A.
Member since Dec 2012
52953 posts
Posted on 12/27/21 at 7:17 am to
pFDAizer will not be happy
Posted by CubsFanBudMan
Member since Jul 2008
6022 posts
Posted on 12/27/21 at 7:26 am to
quote:

Isn’t it funny how the traditional based vaccine must go through all the hoops to be permitted for use in the US but the unproven new technology vaccine is pushed through and forced upon us. Clown world



The FDA can't approve something that hasn't been submitted to them. Novavax needs to hurry up and submit their request to the US. I think they'd be surprised by the demand for it.
Posted by JawjaTigah
On the Bandwagon
Member since Sep 2003
22905 posts
Posted on 12/27/21 at 8:21 am to
So will it also trigger the mRNA spike protein reaction inside previously vaxxed via Moderna, JJ, or Pfizer?
This post was edited on 12/27/21 at 8:22 am
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
179726 posts
Posted on 12/27/21 at 8:24 am to
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I hate that vaccines are our only options


Who said they are?

The government? Do you trust them after they have actively campaigned against anything but the vaccines?
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
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Member since Nov 2011
38285 posts
Posted on 12/27/21 at 9:14 am to
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The FDA can't approve something that hasn't been submitted to them. Novavax needs to hurry up and submit their request to the US.


They are supposed to submit before the end of the year, so that means this week if they hold to it.
Posted by soonerthebetter
Member since Apr 2019
20 posts
Posted on 12/27/21 at 10:02 am to
From reading the article, it seems like all evidence that these vaccines are effective come from the individual vaccine makers themselves.

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