Novavax has completed it’s application to the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration for provisional approval.
If successful, the vaccine would be the fourth approved jab in Australia, after AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna.
It would also become the first protein-based vaccination eligible for use within the country.
Novavax, also announced they’ve recently filed for authorisation with the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, while the jab has been approved for emergency use within Indonesia.
The Novavax vaccine works as a two-dose jab, administered 21 days apart.
The vaccine is stored at 2C – 8C, which means existing cold chain channels can be used for the vaccine supply.
How effective is the Novavax jab in comparison to others?
According to the company’s clinical trial of 15,000 participants in Britain, the vaccine showed a 96.4 per cent efficacy against the original virus strain.
It also displayed 86.3 per cent effectiveness against the Alpha variant and 89.7 per cent efficacy overall.
While the biotech company claims a pivotal Phase 3 trial of 30,000 participants in the United States and Mexico showed a 100 per cent protection against moderate and severe disease, with a 90.4 per cent efficacy overall.
However, the company could not provide statistics against the current dominant Delta variant.
TikTok users could soon find that the popular social media service is either under new ownership or could be outright banned in the United States.
President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that requires TikTok to find a new owner—or face a ban in the United States.
Over the past several months, Washington D.C. has been under pressure to ban the popular Chinese-owned social media app.
Lawmakers and security experts have long raised concerns that the Chinese government could tap TikTok’s trove of personal data about millions of U.S. users.
TikTok’s CEO said the bill is disappointing and reiterated that the company has committed to challenge it.
David Zhang from China Insider. joins Veronica Dudo to discuss
Threads, the social media platform owned by Meta, is gaining traction with a surge in daily active users, outpacing X in the U.S.
With Threads averaging 28 million daily active users compared to X’s 22 million, Meta’s ambitions to reach a billion users seem within reach despite a slowdown in growth. While X still boasts 550 million monthly active users globally, Threads’ focus on user experience and avoidance of real-time and political content could position it as a formidable competitor moving forward.
This weekend’s entertainment lineup has something for everyone.
Apple TV+ brings “Sugar,” a drama set in New York City, while “Civil War” offers historical intensity.
“Challengers” with Zendaya brings a saucy sport drama to life, and superhero buffs can catch the trailer for “Deadpool and Wolverine” for action-packed fun.
With options spanning drama, history, reality, and superheroes, there’s excitement in store for all this weekend.