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VALNEVA VACCINE          

20th October, 2021

 

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Context

  • Valneva SE, a French vaccine company, announced results from its Phase 3 trial of its inactivated Covid-19 vaccine candidate, VLA2001. They said that the vaccine was as effective as the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.

 

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  • VLA2001 is an inactivated, adjuvanted vaccine.
  • This means that it delivers the whole Sars-CoV-2 virus in an inactivated form.
  • The virus is killed using chemicals, heat, or radiation.
  • The dead virus cannot infect us but can still trigger an immune response.
  • Polio and flu vaccines are common examples of inactivated vaccines. India’s Covaxin is also an inactivated vaccine.

 

 

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-valneva-vaccine-covid-19-effectively-7579891/