Indonesia s food and drug agency, BPOM, today granted emergency use authorization to Sinovac’s vaccine against COVID-19.
In doing so, it became the first country outside China to greenlight the vaccine, according to a report on
Reuters.
Sinovac is carrying out COVID-19 vaccine Phase 3 trials in Turkey, Indonesia and Brazil. Interim data from a phase 3 trial in Indonesia showed the shot, called CoronaVac, was 65.3% effective, said Penny K Lukito, who heads up BPOM.
Phase 3 findings
Having shown a substantial immune response and minimal safety concerns (mostly mild pain at the injection site) in phase 1 and 2 clinical trials, CoronaVac was then tested in phase 3 clinical trials carried out in Brazil, Indonesia and Turkey.
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