Health secretary says Valneva vaccine would not have got regulatory approval after UK cancels contract.
A Covid-19 vaccine slated to be made in Scotland by French firm Valneva would not have gained UK regulatory approval, health secretary Sajid Javid has said.
"Obviously she is not recommending that we administer vaccines that do not get approval," he said, adding that the Livingston vaccine facility was "very important" to the UK and Scottish governments.that in a recent UK trial looking at potential booster jabs, the Valnera vaccine was found to be less effective than some rivals.a report in the Scotsman
Ms Bardell said she and the firm were in "shock" that the UK had cancelled the Valneva contract "with very little notice or consultation" and that the UK had provided "very little clarity and reasoning" as to why it had taken that decision. The Valneva vaccine uses inactivated Covid-19 virus in a similar way to flu vaccines, and is seen by some as having the potential to win over people wary of vaccines that use new technology.
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