Valneva received the first regulatory approval for a chikungunya virus vaccine with an FDA accelerated nod on Thursday night.
The green light marks a key win for the European biotech, which will get more than a year’s head start on potential competitor Bavarian Nordic and could snag about $100 million by selling the priority review voucher that it gets as part of the approval. It also serves as a boon to Valneva as the company works through hurdles with another of its late-stage investigational vaccines for Lyme disease.
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