Omicron study in inactivated vaccine: surprising results from Valneva

Home page world Created: 02/02/2022 Updated: 2/2/2022, 9:11 p.m

From: Dominik Jahn

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Valneva: Manufacturer from France has given a delivery date for Europe - approval by the EMA has not yet been granted.

In a Booster study from December 2021 * there wasn't as much positive to report as echo24.de* reported in detail. Now is closed Valneva * an omicron study came out. The manufacturer's results once again bring decisive values to the effectiveness of the vaccine.

The French biotechnology company releases preliminary values from a laboratory study on Valneva vs. Omicron on Wednesday, December 19. the inactivated vaccine * already showed in the Study phase III good results * against Corona. The manufacturer explained the new tests on its website: "Sera from 30 participants in the phase 1/2 study VLA2001-201 were used in a pseudovirus assay to analyze neutralization of the SARS-CoV-2 parent virus, delta and omicron variants."

New Omikron study: Valneva again shows surprising results. © Leopold Nekula/dpa Valneva: The results of the Omicron study The results give the experts hope for an adequate vaccine against the omicron. According to the latest results, Valneva is highly effective against this corona variant. The study explains: “All 30 specimens (100%) had neutralizing antibodies to Ancestral virus and the Delta variant, and 26 specimens (87%) had neutralizing antibodies to the Omicron variant. The average reduction in neutralization compared to parent virus was 2.7-fold for Delta and 16.7-fold for Omicron.”

Juan Carlos Jaramillo, MD, Valneva's Chief Medical Officer, said optimistically in the statement, "We are extremely pleased with these results, which confirm the potential for broad-spectrum protection of our inactivated, adjuvanted, whole-virus vaccine and its ability to detect variants of concern currently circulating to fight."

Omicron study with Valneva: Three vaccine doses neutralize the virus So, with this Omicron study by the French biotechnology company, it shows that three doses of Valneva vaccine could neutralize the Omicron variant. Juan Carlos Jaramillo: “These results complement previous findings from our phase 3 Cov-Compare study, which showed that two doses of VLA2001 administered as a primary series induce superior neutralizing antibody levels and a broad T-cell response ."

Valneva awaiting approval: Omicron study can help Valneva is still awaiting approval in Europe. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) examines the Vaccine continues in rolling review process *. The latest data is also forwarded to the relevant authorities in order to achieve rapid approval.

rolling review process The Paul Ehrlich Institute, Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedical Drugs, describes the rolling review process as follows: The process serves to accelerate the path to COVID-19 vaccine approval by starting the evaluation of data packages from the non-clinical and clinical development of a vaccine candidate before all the data required for a marketing authorization application has been collected. The formal application for approval can be made as soon as all the necessary data is available. Despite the acceleration, the requirements for quality, safety and effectiveness of the drugs concerned remain high.

The French company also provided information about a fixed delivery date for Valneva in Europe. It states: “Supply of the vaccine in Europe is currently expected to start in April 2022, subject to EMA approval.”* echo24.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA .