China Vaccine

• China’s Sinovac vaccine gets emergency use approval from WHO

  Sinovac said that it had supplied more than 600 million doses of its vaccine at home and abroad as of end-May.

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  Jun 1, 2021
  
• WHO grants emergency approval for China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

  The decision by athe WHO panel opens the possibility that Sinopharm's offering could be included in the U.N.-backed COVAX program in coming weeks or months.

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  May 7, 2021
  
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• Chinese developer says coronavirus vaccine 79% effective, lower than earlier data

  The United Arab Emirates this month announced the same vaccine had an efficacy rate of 86 per cent, based on preliminary data from trials there.

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  Dec 30, 2020
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• UAE says Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine 86% effective, but few details on data

  The statement following a clinical trial of the vaccine by Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm marked the first public release of data on the efficacy of the shot.

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  Dec 9, 2020
• Chinese company says coronavirus vaccine should be ready by early 2021

  Yin Weidong, the CEO of SinoVac, vowed to apply to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell CoronaVac in the United States if it passes its third and final round of testing in humans.

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  Sep 24, 2020
• The race for a vaccine: China leads the way in a potential coronavirus treatment

  China is forging ahead in the race to develop a vaccine to help control the COVID-19 pandemic, with Sinovac Biotech's experimental vaccine set to become the country's second and the world's third to enter final stage testing later this month.

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  Jul 7, 2020