Tag: Sinovac

Sinovac’s COVID vaccine to be used by 1st quarter of 2021, says Palace

PHL clinical trial application of China firms Sinovac, Clover BioPharma also pass vaccine evaluation, ethics board review, says DOST (Eagle News) – The Philippines will start getting the COVID-19 vaccine Sinovac by the first quarter of next year, Malacanang said, even as the Department of Science and Technology announced that another China-based pharmaceutical firm, aside from Sinovac, had also passed evaluation for clinical trials in the country. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that Sinovac Pharmaceuticals […]

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China’s Sinovac vaccine endorsed to FDA for PHL clinical trial against COVID

  (Eagle News) – The vaccine expert panel of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has recommended China’s Sinovac vaccine for COVID-19 to have its clinical trials here in the country, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FDA Director General Rolando Enrique Domingo said that of the five COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers or developers from various countries, it was Sinovac so far which has passed the evaluation by the panel and recommended to […]

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Sinovac says it is ‘confident’ of vaccine safety after Brazil trial halted

BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech on Tuesday stood by the safety of its Covid-19 vaccine after Brazilian regulators halted trials in the South American country citing an “adverse incident” involving a volunteer recipient. “We are confident in the safety of the vaccine,” Sinovac said in a statement, adding that the adverse incident was “unrelated to the vaccine”. © Agence France-Presse

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Only China’s Sinovac vaccine has so far passed PHL vaccine expert panel’s pre-screening, says FDA

  (Eagle News) – Only the Chinese biotech firm Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine has so far passed the Philippine vaccine expert panel’s pre-screening for possible clinical trials in the country, according to the Food and Drug Administration. FDA Director General Eric Domingo said that only the vaccine from Sinovac has passed the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) vaccine expert panel, while two other COVID-19 vaccines – one by Johnson and Johnson’s Janssen pharmaceuticals, and Sputnik […]

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Pres. Duterte: PHL to choose less expensive vaccine which has proven efficacy vs COVID-19

Race by various countries to come up with vaccines good for PHL, he says (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that the government will choose for the country’s use the less expensive vaccines to be developed and approved against COVID-19. Duterte said that the various vaccines being developed against the virus are all the same as they target to kill the germs that cause COVID-19.  His government has already readied the budget for the […]

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DOH: 5 hospitals eyed as PHL sites for Phase 3 clinical trials of potential COVID-19 vaccine from Sinovac

(Eagle News)–The Department of Health is eyeing five hospitals as sites for the conduct of Phase 3 clinical trials of the potential COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by China-based Sinovac Biotech. Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire said these were the Philippine General Hospital, Manila Doctors Hospital, the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, the Vicente Sotto Medical Center, and San Lazaro Hospital. So far, she said the potential vaccine was under the Phase 3 clinical trial in Brazil. […]

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Chinese COVID-19 vaccine starts final tests in Brazil

  BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — A Chinese-made vaccine against the new coronavirus entered the final stage of testing Tuesday in Brazil, where volunteers received the first doses of what officials hope will be a game-changer in the global pandemic. The vaccine, developed by private Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech, became the third in the world to enter Phase 3 clinical trials, or large-scale testing on humans — the last step before regulatory approval. “We’re living […]

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