SIGA’s Smallpox Drug Tecovirimat Looks Primed For Smooth US FDA Panel Review

 
• By Sue Sutter
  
Variola virus, a virus from Orthopoxviridae family that causes smallpox, highly contagious disease eradicated by vaccination, 3D illustration
A lack of reliable variola virus animal models required SIGA to test tecovirimat in models using surrogate orthopoxviruses.

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