Tonix Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication in the Peer-Reviewed Journal of Virology Assessing Virulence of the 2022 Outbreak Strain of Mpox in New Animal Models

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Tonix Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication in the Peer-Reviewed Journal of Virology Assessing Virulence of the 2022 Outbreak Strain of Mpox in New Animal Models

July 15, 2026 9:05 AM EDT

Data show clade IIb from 2022 outbreak is 100 to 100,000-fold less virulent than clade IIa from 2003 outbreak

Three new models for investigating mpox infection and pathogenesis identified

Tonix is advancing TNX-801, a live, attenuated, minimally replicative investigational vaccine candidate based on horsepox virus to protect against mpox disease

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., July 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: TNXP) (Tonix or the Company), a fully integrated, commercial-stage biotechnology company, today announced the publication of a paper, "Monkeypox virus... More