Bavarian Nordic Initiates Rolling Submission of Biologics License Application with FDA for its Chikungunya Vaccine Candidate
29 Aprile 2024 - 3:03PM
Bavarian Nordic Initiates Rolling Submission of Biologics License
Application with FDA for its Chikungunya Vaccine Candidate
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 29,
2024 – Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX: BAVA) today announced
that it has initiated the rolling submission process with the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a Biologics License
Application (BLA) for the licensure of its CHIKV VLP vaccine
candidate for immunization against chikungunya virus infection in
individuals 12 years of age and older.
Bavarian Nordic will submit additional data over
the coming months, aiming to complete the BLA submission before the
end of the first half of 2024 to support a potential FDA approval
of the vaccine in the first half of 2025.
“We are pleased to advance our chikungunya
vaccine candidate into the registration phase and look forward to
working with the regulators in our efforts to bring this novel
product to the market. We have generated robust data in
adolescents, adults and older adults, suggesting a strong and
durable antibody response against the chikungunya virus and a fast
onset of protection, which supports our belief that we can
establish our vaccine as the preferred choice in this emerging
market,” said Paul Chaplin, President and CEO of Bavarian
Nordic.
The CHIKV VLP vaccine candidate received
Breakthrough Therapy designation and Fast Track designation from
the FDA in October 2020 and April 2018, respectively, and PRIME
designation from the EMA in September 2019. These designations are
designed to facilitate the development or expedite review of
medicines that either target an unmet medical need or may
demonstrate substantial improvement over available therapy. In
February 2024, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use
(CHMP) under EMA granted accelerated assessment for the MAA for the
CHIKV VLP vaccine candidate, which Bavarian Nordic plans to submit
by mid-2024.
About chikungunyaChikungunya is
a mosquito-borne viral disease caused by the chikungunya virus
(CHIKV). CHIKV disease typically presents with acute symptoms,
including fever, rash, fatigue, headache, and often severe and
incapacitating joint pain. While mortality is relatively low,
morbidity is high; nearly 50% of individuals with CHIKV disease
have debilitating long-term symptoms that can intensify with age.
In the past 20 years, the CHIKV has emerged in several previously
non-endemic regions in Asia, Africa, southern Europe, and the
Americas, often causing large unpredictable outbreaks.
About Bavarian NordicBavarian
Nordic is a fully integrated vaccine company with a mission to
protect and save lives through innovative vaccines. We are a global
leader in smallpox and mpox vaccines, supplied to governments to
enhance public health preparedness and have a strong portfolio of
vaccines for travelers and endemic diseases. For more information
visit www.bavarian-nordic.com.
Forward-looking statements This
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risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside
of our control, that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking
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such forward-looking statements are expressly qualified by these
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obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements
to reflect subsequent events or circumstances after the date made,
except as required by law.
ContactsEurope: Rolf Sass
Sørensen, Vice President Investor Relations,
rss@bavarian-nordic.com, Tel: +45 61 77 47 43US: Graham Morrell,
Paddock Circle Advisors, graham@paddockcircle.com, Tel: +1 781 686
9600
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