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A medical worker is preparing to give the shot off Nano Covax on one of the first three volunteers on Thursday morning in Ha Noi. VNA/VNS Photo
Gov’t pushes to okay Vietnam jab for emergency use
Tue, 3 August 2021
The Vietnamese health ministry on August 2 asked Ho Chi Minh City-based biopharmaceutical company Nanogen, developer of the Covid-19 vaccine Nano Covax, to submit results of Phase II and initial Phase III trials to be reviewed for emergency approval.
Deputy minister Tran Van Thuan, leader of the ministry’s special task force on clinical trials and development of Covid-19 vaccines, made the request during a progress meeting with experts, as the country deals with a severe fourth wave of infections while vaccine supply is still limited amid a global shortage.
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A test batch of Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V vials bottled and packaged at Vietnamese Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No 1 (Vabiotech) in Hanoi in July during a test batch. VABIOTECH
Vietnam signs three vaccine tech transfer contracts
Thu, 29 July 2021
Vietnam has signed Covid-19 vaccine technology transfer contracts with Japan, Russia, and the US, said Nguyen Ngo Quang, deputy director of the health ministry’s Department for Science, Technology and Training.
According to the official, one of the three was sealed between two Vietnamese companies – the Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No 1 (Vabiotech) and the International Progressive JSC (AIC) – and Japanese pharmaceutical firm Shionogi.
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