Indonesia's doctors becoming patients after administration of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccineOn Thursday, the country recorded more than 20,000 cases of COVID-19, the highest number since the pandemic began. Oxygen is again running ...
26 Jun, 2021, 09.25 AM IST
China authorises CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for children above 3 yearsSinovac has finished the Phase I and II clinical research stage, involving several hundred volunteers in this age group, which has proved t...
06 Jun, 2021, 03.38 PM IST
WHO grants emergency approval to 2nd Chinese COVID vaccineIn a statement Tuesday, the U.N. health agency said data submitted to its experts showed that two doses of the vaccine prevented people fro...
01 Jun, 2021, 09.06 PM IST
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine effective but some data lacking - WHO expertsThe assessment came shortly after WHO SAGE experts had voiced "very low confidence" in data provided by Chinese state-owned drugmaker Sinop...
05 May, 2021, 08.54 PM IST
Chinese companies considers mixing vaccines, booster shotsSinovac and Sinopharm, the two Chinese manufacturers that combined have exported hundreds of millions of doses all over the world, say they...
28 Apr, 2021, 06.43 PM IST
Sinovac says its vaccine is safe for children as young as 3There were two instances of high fevers in response to the vaccine during trials, one in a 3-year old participant and the other in a six-ye...
23 Mar, 2021, 01.26 PM IST
Sinovac vaccine may not trigger sufficient antibody response to Brazil variant, says studyThe emergence of variants of the new coronavirus has raised concern that vaccines and treatments that were developed based on previous stra...
05 Mar, 2021, 01.00 PM IST
China gives approval for broader use of Sinovac vaccineRegulators gave conditional approval for Sinovac Biotech Ltd's shot, CoronaVac, on Friday, clearing the way for general use, The National M...
06 Feb, 2021, 05.59 PM IST
China approves second domestic Covid-19 vaccineThe vaccine has already been rolled out to key groups at higher risk of exposure to coronavirus but Saturday's approval allows for its use ...
06 Feb, 2021, 04.03 PM IST
Growing uncertainty over efficacy of China made SinovacThe Sinovac allegedly has shown four different efficacy rates during clinical trials ranging from over 91 to 50 per cent. The global scient...
14 Jan, 2021, 05.40 PM IST
Explainer: What's behind varying efficacy data for Sinovac's coronavirus vaccine?Researchers in Brazil said it was 50.4% effective at preventing symptomatic infections, barely enough for regulatory approval and below the...
14 Jan, 2021, 12.07 PM IST
Turkey approves China-based Sinovac vaccine's emergency useThe country's health minister and members of the country's scientific advisory council received the first shots live on television, soon af...
13 Jan, 2021, 10.38 PM IST
Sinovac aims for 600 million dose capacity for COVIDThe company is currently conducting the last stage of clinical trials for its vaccine candidate in Brazil, Turkey and Indonesia and is amon...
07 Dec, 2020, 05.39 PM IST
Brazil suspends Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine trial due to adverse eventThe health regulator, Anvisa, said on Monday the event took place on Oct. 29 but did not specify if the incident took place in Brazil or in...
10 Nov, 2020, 10.37 AM IST
Chinese pharmaceutical firm seeks Bangladesh co-finance for COVID-19 vaccine trialsIn a letter to the Bangladesh government on September 22, Beijing headquartered Sinovac Biotech said the phase 3 trials of the vaccine they...
04 Oct, 2020, 08.10 PM IST
Chinese firm refuses to honour pact on sharing Covid-19 vaccine tech with BangladeshSinovac Biotech Ltd in a letter on September 24 said the trial would be delayed unless the Bangladesh government provided funds, although t...
03 Oct, 2020, 10.46 PM IST
'Don't waste a minute': Chinese firm readies mass vaccine productionSinovac Biotech, which is conducting one of the four clinical trials that have been authorised in China, has claimed great progress in its ...
30 Apr, 2020, 11.22 AM IST