Valneva to Present on its Chikungunya Vaccine IXCHIQ, Participate in Multiple Events at the 24th World Vaccine Congress in Washington D.C.

Saint-Herblain (France), March 21, 2024 – Valneva SE (Nasdaq: VALN; Euronext Paris: VLA), a specialty vaccine company, today announced it will present on its single-shot chikungunya vaccine, IXCHIQ, moderate a roundtable on the Zika and chikungunya viruses, and participate in a panel discussion on efforts to eradicate chikungunya at the 24th World Vaccine Congress, which will take place between April 1-4, 2024 at the Walter E. Washington convention center in Washington, D.C. The Company will have a display in the exhibit area of the congress at booth #433.

On April 2, Valneva’s Head of Global Market Access & Value Evidence, Gerard Vondeling, and Market Access Manager, Adrianne de Roo, will moderate the “Public Health Priorities: The Emerging Threats of Zika and Chikungunya” interactive roundtable. There will be two sessions, from 11:40 to 12:20 EST and again from 12:30 to 1:10pm EST.

In the evening of April 2, Valneva will attend the Vaccine Industry Excellence Awards ceremony, where it is a finalist for the Best Prophylactic Vaccine award for IXCHIQ, the world’s first and only chikungunya vaccine to address this unmet medical need. IXCHIQ, which is approved in the United States (U.S.), was recently recommended by the U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)¹ and these recommendations were adopted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)². Additionally, Valneva CEO Thomas Lingelbach will present the Best Production / Process Development award at the event.

On April 3 at 9:40am EST, Valneva’s VP of Clinical Development, Susanne Eder-Lingelbach, will present “Antibody persistence of a single-dose live-attenuated chikungunya virus vaccine (VLA1553) in adults.”

Also on April 3, at 12:25pm EST, Valneva’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Juan Carlos Jaramillo, will take part in the “Vaccine Development and Efforts towards Eradicating Chikungunya” panel discussion alongside Timothy Endy, Disease X and CHIKV Project Leader at the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Thais Dos Santos, Advisor, Surveillance and Control of Arboviral Diseases at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and moderated by Sushant Sahastrabuddhe, Deputy Director General of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI).