Valneva Announces Lifting of European Medicines Agency’s Temporary Restriction on Use of Chikungunya Vaccine IXCHIQ® in Elderly
Saint Herblain (France), July, 11 2025 – Valneva SE (Nasdaq: VALN; Euronext Paris: VLA), a specialty vaccine company, today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will lift the temporary restriction on vaccinating people aged 65 years and above after concluding a thorough review of Valneva’s single-dose chikungunya vaccine IXCHIQ® by EMA’s safety committee (PRAC). The committee initiated its review at the beginning of May following the occurrence of serious side effects mainly in elderly people ...