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Tonix Pharmaceuticals Announces Grant by Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC) for Development of TNX-801, the Company’s Single-Dose Mpox and Smallpox Vaccine Candidate
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently reaffirmed the spread of new clade Ib Mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC): second Mpox-related WHO PHEIC declaration in two years Clade Ib Mpox cases detected in several countries in Central and Eastern Africa as well as China, Thailand, Singapore, India, England, parts of Europe and the Middle East, Canada and the United States Tolerability of TNX‐801 vaccination in immune-compromised animal models supports clinical develo
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