Here is some other vaccine news of note for the week.
> The European Medicines Agency has granted Themis’ phase 2 chikungunya vaccine candidate Priority Medicines (PRIME) designation, which is designed to provide enhanced regulatory support. Release
> A group of women protested at Merck’s office in Hong Kong to express their unhappiness over a shortage of Gardasil 9 in the area and to urge the firm to increase the supply. South China Morning Post article
> Healthcare mogul Patrick Soon-Shiong plans to take public a cancer vaccine biotech later this year to finance the development of six candidates currently in clinical trials against nine tumor types. FierceBiotech article
> The FDA granted a priority review for Merck's Gardasil 9 in women and men ages 27 to 45 with a PDUFA date of Oct. 6, 2018. Release