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Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba announced the commencement of the Covid-19 vaccine phase three clinical trials, involving 3,000 volunteers, in nine hospitals. Picture by Hari Anggara
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SUNGAI PETANI, Jan 30 The country’s first batch of 62 volunteers received their jabs for the Covid-19 vaccine phase three clinical trials at the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital (HSAH) here today.
HSAH Clinical Research Centre (CRC) head Dr S.L. Vijaya Kumar said the volunteers were from various backgrounds, aged 18 and above and healthy.
“We have targeted 375 volunteers for the trials and this programme will be carried out in stages over a period of one month.
Published on: Saturday, January 30, 2021
By: Bernama
Photo: Bernama
SUNGAI PETANI: The country’s first batch of 62 volunteers received their jabs for the COVID-19 vaccine phase three clinical trials at the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital (HSAH) here today.
HSAH Clinical Research Centre (CRC) head Dr S.L. Vijaya Kumar said the volunteers were from various backgrounds, aged 18 and above and healthy.
“We have targeted 375 volunteers for the trials and this programme will be carried out in stages over a period of one month.
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“Each volunteer will receive two jabs. After the first jab, they will be monitored each week for six weeks to see if there are any adverse effects,” he told reporters at the HSAH today.
SUNGAI PETANI: The country’s first batch of volunteers for the Covid-19 vaccine phase three clinical trials have received their jabs at Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital, here.
PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The first Covid-19 vaccine trial to be conducted in Malaysia is now officially under way.
In a virtual ceremony on Wednesday (Jan 27), Health Minister Adham Baba launched the phase three clinical trial of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by China s Institute of Medical Biology Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (IMBCAMS).
Nine hospitals nationwide will be involved in the clinical trials under the coordination of Malaysia s Health Ministry s Institute of Clinical Research.
In a statement, the Health Ministry said the implementation of the trial must meet international standards and policies of Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Clinical Practices and the Helsinki Declaration.
PUTRAJAYA: The first Covid-19 vaccine trial to be conducted in Malaysia is now officially underway.
In a virtual ceremony on Wednesday (Jan 27), Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba launched the Phase 3 clinical trial of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by China s Institute of Medical Biology Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (IMBCAMS).
A total of nine hospitals nationwide will be involved in the clinical trials, under the coordination of the Health Ministry s Institute of Clinical Research (ICR).
In a statement, the Health Ministry said the implementation of the trial must meet international standards and policies of the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and the Helsinki Declaration.