FDA lifts pause on Valneva’s Ixchiq Chikungunya vaccine

8 August 2025

French vaccines developer Valneva (Euronext Paris: VLA) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has removed its recommended pause in the use of Ixchiq in individuals 60 years of age and older and has approved updates to the Prescribing Information (PI) for the vaccine.

Ixchiq remains indicated in the USA for the prevention of disease caused by the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in individuals 18 years of age and older who are at high risk of exposure to CHIKV. In the first quarter of 2025, Ixchiq sales increased to 3.0 million euros ($3.5 million), up from 0.2 million euros in the first quarter of 2024.

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