'At war time speed,' China leads Covid-19 vaccine race | Malay Mail

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SEOUL, July 8 — 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. While a laggard in the global vaccine...

A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a ‘Vaccine Covid-19’ sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. — Reuters pic

Many other countries, including the United States, are coordinating closely with the private sector to try to win the vaccine development race, and China faces many challenges. Challenging the West's traditional dominance of the industry, China is behind eight of the 19 vaccine candidates in human trials, with Sinovac's experimental shot and one jointly developed by the military and CanSino among the front runners.

“If I had to pick a vaccine that I think would be the most likely to be safe and effective, it would be that one,” he said. Offit is also co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine, RotaTeq, manufactured by Merck & Co Inc. To speed up the process, China allowed Sinopharm and Sinovac to combine Phase I and Phase II trials for their vaccine candidates.

PLA lead scientist Chen Wei, who has been the face of its vaccine development effort, was among the first to take the experimental Covid-19 shot developed by her team, as well as its potential SARS treatment years before, according to state media.China has challenges, though, as the epidemic has petered out in the country, hampering efforts to conduct large trials.

 

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