Made-in-Vietnam COVID-19 vaccine to begin human trial from December 10

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long (standing) at the meeting with Vietnamese vaccine producers on December 5 (Photo: VNA).

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam will conduct the of
of a from December 10, Minister of Health Nguyen
Thanh Long said at a meeting with Vietnamese vaccine producers on December 5.

To date, Vietnamese producers have worked to accelerate the research of COVID-19
vaccines, with Ivac, Vabiotech and Nanogen completing production process at
laboratory scale and currently evaluating the vaccines’ safety and immunity in
animals. Meanwhile, Nanogen is now ready to pilot the first phase of human
trial.

Nanogen will join hands with the Military Medical University to recruit
volunteers for the first phase of clinical trial on December 10.

At the meeting, experts and vaccine producers discussed progress of vaccine production
and challenges during vaccine development, as well as outline solutions for the
time ahead.

Laying stress on the significance of COVID-19 vaccine production, Long said the
ministry has promoted domestic research and production while enhancing cooperation with
international vaccine developers so as to gain early access to vaccine sources.

He urged local
vaccine producers to speed up their work in order to launch human trial soon, and pledged support for the producers, including minimising administrative
procedures and facilitating product registration and licensing.

The Ministry of Health will work with competent agencies to help producers get
access to capital for vaccine development and production, he added.

Long requested vaccine producer Polivac to continue with its research on vaccine,
while coordinating with Russia and China to leverage access to vaccine suppliers in the two nations./.