China grants approval to Sinovac’s vaccine for Covid-19

Chinese regulator National Medical Products Administration has granted approval to Sinovac Biotech’s unit for its Covid-19 vaccine.

Chinese regulator National Medical Products Administration has granted approval to Sinovac Biotech’s unit for its Covid-19 vaccine.

Following the approval granted to the company’s Beijing-based unit Sinovac Life Sciences, the vaccine is now available for use on the general public.

With this development, Sinovac’s vaccine became the second one to receive approval in China, Reuters reported.

Last December, a vaccine developed by the Beijing institute and state-owned China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) received approval.

Currently, both the vaccines, as well as a third vaccine candidate from Sinopharm, are in use in the vaccination programme in the country, which has administered more than 31 million doses, focusing mainly on people at higher infection risk.

Apart from these, a fourth candidate of CanSino Biologics is in use for vaccinating military personnel.

The latest approval derives from results of two months of late-stage clinical trials out of the country. The final analysis data of the trials remain unobtained.

Sinovac Life Sciences’ CoronaVac vaccine secured emergency authorisation in Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay and Laos.

February 8th, 2021

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