At the signing ceremony for cooperation agreement of oral Oravax. (Photo: VNA)
Tel Aviv (VNA) – Vietnam’s Tan Thanh
Holdings and will be distributors of COVID-19 vaccine Oravax throughout
Southeast Asian nations, comprising Vietnam, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,
Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Oravax Medical of Israel’s Oramed Pharmaceuticals and
the Vietnamese firms signed the cooperation agreement of oral COVID-19 vaccine
Oravax at a ceremony held online on December 29.
Nadav Kidron, Chief Executive of Oramed and Oravax
Chairman, said the deal, worth hundreds of millions of US dollars for Oravax,
includes pre-order of oral vaccine.
He viewed as an ideal partner for
his business to bring the oral vaccine to Vietnam and other ASEAN member
countries that have a combined population of over 660 million.
Addressing the signing ceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador
to Israel Do Minh Hung stressed the significance of the cooperation, saying
this is the first time Vietnam and Israel have cooperated in high-tech health
care, both in terms of trade and technology transfer.
The cooperation contents match guidelines of the Vietnamese
Government and meet domestic demand for vaccine access, he said./.
Source: VietnamPlus
