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Mpox: Vaccination

Lords · Question HL1488 · Tabled 10 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2024

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Asked by Lord Cashman

To ask His Majesty's Government, in view of the advancing mpox epidemic, especially clade Ib, and given that a recent study has found that the effect of Imvanex wanes to undetectable levels after one year, to what extent His Majesty's Government hold a mi

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Answered by Baroness Merron, 21 Oct 2024

Of the three vaccines, Imvanex is the only one licensed in the United Kingdom by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and in the European Union by the European Medicines Agency, for active immunisation against smallpox, Mpox, and other...