British authorities have authorized the Valneva coronavirus vaccine

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Despite cancelling their order for the Valneva vaccine in Sept. 2021, the British government has now approved the vaccine. Back in Sept. 2021, the doses were cancelled because approval was not seen as likely.

British authorities have authorized a coronavirus vaccine for adults made by French drugmaker Valneva, despite the government’s decision last year to cancel an order for at least 100 million doses.

The U.K. is the first country to authorize Valneva’s vaccine, which is also under review by the European Medicines Agency. Britain’s medicines regulator said Thursday that the two-dose vaccine is intended for adults ages 18 to 50, with the second dose given about a month after the first.

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