A little over a week after Sinopharm nabbed the world’s first full approval from Chinese regulators on a 79% efficacy showing for its COVID-19 vax, fellow Chinese native Sinovac, using similar tech, has shown pretty much the same numbers.
Updated Dec. 23, 2020 5:02 pm ET
SÃO PAULOâChinese firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd. has delayed the announcement of results from late-stage trials of its Covid-19 vaccine to January as it consolidates data from Brazil with test results from Indonesia and Turkey.
Brazil, which is the first country to complete Phase 3 trials of CoronaVac, had been expected to announce the vaccineâs efficacy rate on Wednesday. However, Brazilâs Butantan Institute, the research center backed by São Pauloâs state government that has been testing CoronaVac, said Sinovac asked for 15 more days to analyze the data together with results from other trials of the vaccine, which is also being tested in Indonesia and Turkey.