{"id":9790,"date":"2021-06-05T16:54:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T08:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9790"},"modified":"2021-06-05T16:54:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T08:54:06","slug":"npra-approves-clinical-study-of-another-covid-19-vaccine-health-dg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9790","title":{"rendered":"NPRA approves clinical study of another COVID-19 vaccine – Health DG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5  — The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) has approved a clinical study of another COVID-19 vaccine, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the clinical study involving the SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cells), inactivated, 5\u03bcg\/0.5mL, manufactured by Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products Co., Ltd. in China was approved on May 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the\u00a0Phase 3 clinical study to be conducted at eight research centres in Malaysia with a target participants of 3,000 adults aged 18 years and above, is expected to take 15 to 19 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Apart from Malaysia, other countries involved in the clinical study are Colombia, Argentina, Pakistan, the Philippines and Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The vaccine was also approved by China through its Emergency Use Approval on May 14,” he said in a statement here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Noor Hisham said the clinical study conducted in the country could provide clinical information on the effectiveness, safety and suitability of the COVID-19 vaccine to Malaysians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said this was an advantage needed by the government  in efforts to achieve the herd immunity target through the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme which is being actively carried out nationwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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