Valneva COVID-19 vaccine

Valneva COVID-19 vaccine
Vaccine description
Target	COVID-19
Vaccine type	Inactivated SARS-CoV-2
Clinical data
Other names	Valneva COVID-19 vaccine
Routes of; administration	Intramuscular
ATC code	None;

VLA2001, also known as Valneva COVID-19 vaccine, is a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Valneva SE.

Development

Valneva has developed a candidate inactivated whole virus vaccine against COVID-19, VLA2001^[1] derived from its Ixiaro vaccine, which is undergoing a Phase 1/2 trial in the United Kingdom.^[2]^[3] The Phase 1/2 trial has 150 participants testing three dose levels for safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity. The trial is expected to be complete by 15 February 2021, with full reporting completed by August 2021.^[4]

Valneva has reached an agreement with the UK government to provide up to 100 million doses to be manufactured at its facility in Livingston, Scotland. The UK government has pre-ordered 60 million doses.^[1]^[2] The trials are being supported by the UK National Institute for Health Research and four British universities.^[4] Due to government support, Valneva will progress immediately into Phase 3 trials and develop production capacity before the full evaluation of the Phase 1/2 trial, rather than the traditional slower sequential approach which has lower financial risk.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "VLA2001 COVID-19 Vaccine". Precision Vaccinations. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Covid: Clinical trials begin for Valneva vaccine". BBC News. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
^ "Valneva Initiates Phase 1/2 Clinical Study of Inactivated, Adjuvanted COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate". Valneva SE. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b Clinical trial number NCT04671017 for "Dose Finding Study to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of an Inactiviated Adjuvanted Sars-Cov-2 Virus Vaccine Candidate Against Covid-19 in Healthy Adults" at ClinicalTrials.gov
^ Nawrat A (6 August 2020). "Q&A with Valneva: UK Government scales up Covid-19 manufacturing". Pharmaceutical Technology. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

[precisionvaccinations-20201231-1] "VLA2001 COVID-19 Vaccine". Precision Vaccinations. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

[bbc-20201216-2] "Covid: Clinical trials begin for Valneva vaccine". BBC News. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

[valneva-20201216-3] "Valneva Initiates Phase 1/2 Clinical Study of Inactivated, Adjuvanted COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate". Valneva SE. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

[clinicaltrials-20201230-4] Clinical trial number NCT04671017 for "Dose Finding Study to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of an Inactiviated Adjuvanted Sars-Cov-2 Virus Vaccine Candidate Against Covid-19 in Healthy Adults" at ClinicalTrials.gov

[pharmaceutical-technology-20200806-5] Nawrat A (6 August 2020). "Q&A with Valneva: UK Government scales up Covid-19 manufacturing". Pharmaceutical Technology. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

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