Smallpox drugmakers fall as WHO says monkeypox not yet global health emergency
27/06/2022 13:05
** Shares of smallpox drug and vaccine makers fall premarket
after WHO ruled on Saturday that monkeypox is not yet a global
health emergency
** Chimerix CMRX.O , Emergent BioSolutions EBS.N and Siga
Technologies SIGA.O down 3.6%-11.4%
** CMRX, EBS and SIGA stocks had jumped 15%-33% last week in
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** Copenhagen-listed vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic BAVA.CO
also down nearly 7%
** CDC says https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/treatment.html
while there are no specific treatments available for monkeypox
infection, smallpox vaccines and drugs can be used to control
outbreaks
(Reporting by Leroy Leo in Bengaluru)
((Leroy.Dsouza@thomsonreuters.com ; Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeroyLeo7;))