Valneva SE (VALN)

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Differences VALNEVA / NOVAVAX

VALNEVA
With this vaccine, actually the whole killed viruses are vaccinated.
This means that the body produces an immune response against a wide variety of
parts of the virus, not just against the surface molecule, the spike protein,
as with the other vaccines. A virus consists of many molecules against which
the immune system can theoretically mount an immune responsw.

NOVAVAX
Here, the spike protein - i.e. the surface molecule of the virus -
is used and mixed with an active ingredient booster, which is
intended to guarantee that the vaccination then also triggers a
correspondingly strong immune response.
This works in a similar way
to previously known vaccines against influenza or hepatitis.
Novavax does not consist of whole viruses,
but of components of the virus.