Bimervax

<div><p paraid="1521352829" paraeid="{d9c26767-e4d3-46b8-aa7d-843168e23844}{184}">Bimervax is a vaccine for preventing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in people aged 12 years and older. </p></div><div><p paraid="1521352831" paraeid="{d9c26767-e4d3-46b8-aa7d-843168e23844}{208}">The active substance in Bimervax is a protein produced in the laboratory that consists of part of the SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19). In the originally authorised Bimervax, this protein was designed to match the protein from the Alpha and Beta variants. As SARS-CoV-2 keeps evolving, Bimervax has been adapted to target more recent strains of the virus. This helps maintain protection against COVID-19. </p></div><div><p paraid="701143927" paraeid="{8122c219-a96b-49be-9735-c37a2518a550}{19}">Three versions of Bimervax are currently authorised, with Bimervax LP.8.1 being the most recent: </p></div><div><ul role="list"><li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="28" data-list-defn-props='{"335551500":13209,"335552541":1,"335559685":357,"335559991":357,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}' data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1" role="listitem"><p paraid="2013570681" paraeid="{8122c219-a96b-49be-9735-c37a2518a550}{33}">Bimervax original which targets the Alpha and Beta variants of SARS-CoV-2; </p></li></ul></div><div><ul role="list"><li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="28" data-list-defn-props='{"335551500":13209,"335552541":1,"335559685":357,"335559991":357,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}' data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1" role="listitem"><p paraid="1438658374" paraeid="{8122c219-a96b-49be-9735-c37a2518a550}{55}">Bimervax XBB.1.16 which targets the XBB.1.16 variant of SARS-CoV-2; </p></li></ul></div><div><ul role="list"><li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="28" data-list-defn-props='{"335551500":13209,"335552541":1,"335559685":357,"335559991":357,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}' data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1" role="listitem"><p paraid="111199088" paraeid="{8122c219-a96b-49be-9735-c37a2518a550}{73}">Bimervax LP.8.1 which targets the LP.8.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2. </p></li></ul></div><div><p paraid="1521352833" paraeid="{8122c219-a96b-49be-9735-c37a2518a550}{79}">Bimervax does not contain the virus itself and cannot cause COVID-19. </p></div>