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Covovax, Novavax-developed vaccine, is available in Q3 2021

A vaccine with an overall efficacy rate of 90.4 percent and a 93.2 percent efficacy against variants of interest and concern, developed by US biotechnology company Novavax, is expected to arrive in the country in the third quarter of the year. The vaccine's trade name in the Philippines is Covovax.

This was announced by Faberco Life Sciences Inc., the local pharmaceutical firm that has secured the distribution rights to the vaccine in the Philippines.