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The World Health Organization approvals mean that Novavax’s vaccine is now available for use in 170 countries, according to Erck. But so far, only the Philippines and Indonesia have begun ...

Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted is available under emergency use authorization (EUA) to prevent COVID-19 in individuals 12 years of age and older.

COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States are effective at protecting people from getting seriously ill, being hospitalized, and dying. As with other vaccine-preventable diseases, you are protected best from COVID-19 when you stay up to date with the recommended vaccinations, including recommended boosters.

According to the CDC, doses should be available in the coming weeks. The bottom line The FDA recently authorized the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. It provides another option for people who can’t or don’t want to receive the other COVID-19 vaccines. It’s given as a two-dose primary series, 3 weeks apart.

In a Nov. 4 earnings call, Novavax officials said that they anticipated producing over two billion doses in 2022. In August, the European Commission agreed to purchase up to 200 million doses of...

The wait to make the Novavax jab available comes after the UK played a significant part in its development: government-funding helped support clinical trials and 15,000 British volunteers ...

Novavax emphasised to The BMJ that by the end of 2021 it will be able to manufacture 150 million doses a month. However, time will tell what place Novavax’s product will take in the covid vaccine race. Meissner expects that in the coming times more interest will be on more traditional vaccine platforms, and on adjuvants—like Novavax’s product.

In rapidly developing a COVID-19 vaccine—and a highly effective one at that—Novavax got the hard part right.