Clinical trial on children is a precursor to setting up SA vaccine manufacturing facility, says Numolux CEO Hilton Klein
12 September 2021 - 16:36China’s Sinovac Biotech is in talks about setting up a vaccine production facility in SA to supply the African continent with shots against a range of diseases, the CEO of its local partner says.
“This clinical trial is a precursor to the establishment of a SA vaccine manufacturing facility partnered by Sinovac and Numolux Group that will cover the entire spectrum of vaccinations beyond just the Covid-19 response,” Klein told a news conference on Friday. “We are very supportive of children being enrolled in this study,” she said. “Delay in the inclusion of children in vaccine trials involves the potential denial of clinical benefit to the child, their family and their extended family,” said Gray, who was co-principal investigator of the local leg of Johnson & Johnson’s global phase 3 study.
The SA Health Products Regulatory Authority in July gave conditional authorisation for use of Sinovac’s vaccine against Covid-19 for people aged between 18 and 59 years. But in August a senior health official said the government was looking for more information from the Chinese company on how its vaccine performs against the Delta coronavirus variant as well as in populations with HIV.
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