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Serum Scores A Double - HPV Vaccine In India, Novavax Vaccine In US

Demand High For HPV, Low For COVID-19 Vaccine

 
• By Vibha Ravi

Serum Institute will supply initial doses of NVX-CoV2373 in the US, but late approvals have meant Novavax's vaccine is facing weak demand and surplus stocks in other parts of the world. Meanwhile, Serum has also secured a nod in India for the first indigenously-developed HPV vaccine, also the fifth globally.

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Serum Institute Will Benefit From Twin Approvals • Source: Shutterstock

Sometimes timing is everything. Novavax, Inc. would be realizing that, given its COVID-19 vaccine has only recently secured an emergency use authorization (EUA) in the US, despite having an early start to its development program for NVX-CoV2373.

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