The European Union says its new order for monkeypox vaccinations will be delivered by the end of June.
The European Union will sign an agreement with an undisclosed manufacturer on Tuesday for the supply of about 110,000 doses of vaccines against monkeypox to be delivered from the end of June, EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides said.
The EU has not named the vaccine maker yetOn the sidelines of a meeting of EU health ministers in Luxembourg on Tuesday, Ms Kyriakides said the vaccines will be bought with EU funds and delivered to EU states.The bloc's drug regulator said this month it was in talks with Danish biotech firm Bavarian Nordic over trial data that could underpin an extension of the approved use of the Imvanex shot, known as Jynneos in the United States, beyond smallpox to include monkeypox.