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Valneva Provides Update on Recommended Use of IXCHIQ® by Elderly Individuals in the United States
Saint Herblain (France), May, 12 2025 – Valneva SE (Nasdaq: VALN; Euronext Paris: VLA), a specialty vaccine company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in a joint communication to the medical community, have recommended a pause in the use of Valneva’s single-dose live attenuated chikungunya vaccine IXCHIQ® in elderly individuals while ongoing investigations into reported serious adverse events (SAEs) are co
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