The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Aug. 3 that the Maryland-based drug firm’s Nuvaxovid vaccine should list myocarditis (heart muscle inflammation) and pericarditis (heart lining inflammation) as potential side effects. It has asked Novavax to provide additional data on the side effects.
According to the agency, both healthcare professionals and people wanting to get the vaccine should be warned about the risks of Nuvaxovid. Cardiac inflammation has also been noted as risks linked to the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna.
Novavax told the Epoch Times in an email that during the vaccine’s clinical trials, the rate of myocarditis observed between those injected with the actual shot and a placebo were close.
“As more data becomes available, we will better understand the nature and magnitude of any potential risk of myocarditis and pericarditis,” it wrote. “We will work with the relevant regulators to assure our product information is consistent with our common interpretation of the incoming data....<<<Read More>>>..