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CoronaVac vaccine to undergo evaluation, bottling assessment process before getting approval

Published on 27 Feb 2021 3:35:22 PM

Part of the regulatory process for the CoronaVac vaccine’s approval also involves assessing how the vaccines will be bottled by Pharmaniaga, says Khairy Jamaluddin.

The Science, Technology and Innovation Minister said this when explaining why the first batch of CoronaVac vaccines was being brought to Malaysia before it had gotten approval by the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA).

“The vaccines that we have received today are in bulk and will be sent to the Pharmaniaga plant in Puchong where the regulatory approval process will start,” he said after seeing the arrival of the vaccine at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Saturday (Feb 27).

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