Sri Lankan authorities on Friday granted approval for the emergency use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, Minister for Pharmaceutical Production and Regulation Channa Jayasumana said.Jayasumana said the National Medicines Regulatory .
Sri Lanka approves Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use
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Sri Lanka on Friday approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19 amid warnings from doctors that front-line health workers should be quickly inoculated to stop the system from collapsing.
Minister for Pharmaceutical Production and Regulation Channa Jayasumana said the British vaccine has been approved for emergency use, the first in Sri Lanka, while several other candidates are in the pipeline at the National Medicines Regulatory Authority.
January 22, 2021
Sri Lanka has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, becoming the first vaccine to get a nod from the country s National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA). Courtesy photo
COLOMBO Sri Lanka has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, becoming the first vaccine to get a nod from the country s National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA).
Making the announcement, Minister for Pharmaceutical Production and Regulation Channa Jayasumana said: “We believe we will be able to provide it in a few days in Sri Lanka. This is the first time we have given approval for a COVID-19 vaccine in the country,” he said.
1st batch of vaccine arrives in Myanmar s Yangon, Sri Lanka greenlights emergency use of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine 2021-01-22 13:06:05 GMT2021-01-22 21:06:05(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HONG KONG, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrived at Myanmar s Yangon International Airport on Friday, as Sri Lanka approved the emergency use of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
On the government-to-government basis, a total of 1.5 million doses of the Covishield vaccine, manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII), arrived in Myanmar and were handed over to the Medical Research Department under Myanmar s Ministry of Health and Sports.
Sri Lankan authorities granted approval for the emergency use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19, Minister for Pharmaceutical Production and Regulation Channa Jayasumana told local reporters.
Sri Lankan state minister interested in pharma cooperation with Cuba
Sri Lankan state minister interested in pharma cooperation with Cuba
Colombo, Dec 18 (Prensa Latina) Officials from Sri Lanka and Cuba expressed mutual interest in strengthening cooperation relations between the two countries in the pharmaceutical sphere, a diplomatic source stated on Friday. Sri Lanka s Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation State Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana received Cuban Ambassador Juana Elena Ramos at the headquarters of that Ministry and both exchanged on the two island nations experiences in controlling Covid-19.
The Sri Lanka state minister was interested in the development of the Cuban vaccine candidates, after which he highlighted the high development achieved by the Caribbean country in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological research.