BEIJING, Feb 26 - Production capacity for a
COVID-19 vaccine developed by CanSino Biologics Inc (CanSinoBIO)
and a military-backed institute could hit
an annual half a billion doses this year, a scientist leading
research for the shot told state media.
There is no problem that the annual production capacity can
reach 500 million this year, Chen Wei, a researcher at the
Academy of Military Medical Sciences, said in an interview with
China Central Television late on Friday.
Chen did not say how many doses of the single-shot Ad5-nCoV
vaccine, among the four regimens China has approved for public
use, will in fact be manufactured in 2021.
CanSinoBIO was not immediately available for comment.
Sinovac Biotech, whose two-dose CoronaVac shot was
also cleared for public use in China, has said it was aiming to
have annual capacity of 1 billion doses in bulk form this month,
though its capacity to fill vials and syringes lags its bulk
manufacturing capacity.
China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) has two
vaccines eligible for public use, developed by units in Wuhan
and Beijing, respectively. Both vaccines require two injections. REUTERS
Saturday 10 April 2021
todayonline - 1 month ago
China can hit 500-mln-dose annual capacity of CanSinoBIO COVID-19 vaccine this year-state media
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