Novavax says its COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90 per cent effective

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Novavax says its COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90 per cent effective
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The Australian government has ordered 51 million doses of the Novavax vaccine, but it’s yet to be approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).

, though it’s yet to be approved by Australia’s drug regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration , which is expected to make a decision in the third quarter of the year.

The concerning variants first identified in Brazil, South Africa and India were also detected among the trial's participants, Novavax's head of research and development Gregory Glenn said. "Practically speaking, it's very important that the vaccine can protect against a virus that is wildly swinging around" in terms of new variants, Mr Glenn said.US says donating 500 million COVID-19 vaccines to poorer nations will 'supercharge' global pandemic fight

Chief executive Stanley Erck told CNBC it is possible the United States could donate the 110 million shots Novavax has agreed to supply to the US government to the COVAX program that provides COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries.

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