The only company with a vaccine approved for monkeypox says it's not sure if it can keep up with demandPeople wait in line to recieve the Monkeypox vaccine at a new mass vaccination site in Brooklyn on July 17, 2022, in New York City.The drugmaker with the only approved vaccine for monkeypox said it is not sure if it can meet the demand.
"Demand keeps rising," a vice president at the Danish company that manufactures the vaccine told Bloomberg.
He added that Bavarian Nordic is now considering partnerships for its production of the shot — a smallpox vaccine that works against monkeypox."We're looking at ways to get help from partners in all the various production steps of the vaccine," the vice president of investor relations told Bloomberg.
He added,"We don't have any concrete negotiations in the works with bulk producers, but we're investigating and looking at what options there are." Bavarian Nordic's monkeypox vaccine has been approved for use by the US, the European Union, and Canada. global public health emergencyAccording to the latest data by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 38,000 monkeypox cases have been confirmed in nearly 100 countries around the world. A dozen deaths have been caused by the virus, according to the CDC.
I’m also not taking this one 🥳🥳