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The WHO has declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency – the agency’s highest level of alert – following a worldwide upsurge in cases. There are currently 5 deaths tied to the outbreak – Spain has seen two deaths, India has one, while Brazil and Ecuador have one each. As of the latest reports, cases have crossed 38,800 in 80 countries where monkeypox is not endemic.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 01 - 15 September 2022 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

Monkeypox infection, previously limited to areas where the virus was endemic, was recently declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the increasing number of cases detected outside endemic zones. The SHARE*-net Clinical Group, comprising an international collaborative of clinicians from countries which have reported monkeypox cases, recently provided vital information on the manifestations and transmission of PCR-confirmed monkeypox.