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China approves fifth COVID-19 shot in push to vaccinate half a billion by end of June
With five approved COVID-19 vaccines, China aims to give shots to 40% of its population in the next four months, while also delivering huge amounts of doses to Indonesia, Brazil, and Mexico.
March 16, 2021 Source: The China Project
Chinese pharma’s history of counterfeits, fakes, and quality issues
In the last 20 years, Beijing has turned healthcare into a national priority. But the country’s history of counterfeit drugs and weak regulation casts a lingering shadow. The topic is particularly pertinent now, with Beijing’s COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy in full swing.
March 16, 2021 Source: The China Project
U.S., Japan, and Australia to help India compete with China’s vaccine diplomacy
One billion doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be produced in India and distributed to Southeast Asian countries, with the help of the U.S., Japan, and Australia. The initiative, an output of the informal “Quad” alliance, is an attempt to counter Chinese vaccine diplomacy in the region.
March 12, 2021 Source: The China Project
China might soon have four approved COVID-19 vaccines
On the same day that U.S. regulators cleared the way for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to become the country’s third approved COVID-19 shot, two more Chinese companies applied for public rollouts of their vaccines in China.
February 24, 2021 Source: The China Project
How Beijingers feel about their COVID-19 vaccine
Are they skeptical of their version of the COVID-19 vaccine?
February 22, 2021 Source: The China Project
The meaning of China’s vaccine diplomacy
Chinese vaccines against COVID-19 are providing low- and middle-income countries with solutions in a time of need. They have helped fill a void left by Europe and the U.S.
February 18, 2021 Source: The China Project
Why is China lagging behind in COVID-19 vaccinations?
China is millions of doses behind the U.S. in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, and officials are reportedly pushing back their timeline for the first 50 million shots. Vaccine diplomacy abroad, and vaccine hesitancy at home, are slowing China’s domestic rollout.
February 9, 2021 Source: The China Project
Beijing promotes vaccine nationalism and new COVID-19 conspiracies
Chinese state media, and even some of China’s top scientists, are promoting messages to undermine confidence in non-Chinese vaccines. At the same time, Beijing is again spreading conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19.
January 21, 2021 Source: The China Project
What if China’s COVID-19 vaccines are the least effective?
CoronaVac, a vaccine by Sinovac Biotech, may only be a little more than 50% effective in preventing COVID-19, according to clinical trial results in Brazil. While this clears the threshold for regulatory approval, it is a disappointing result for countries that already bought tens of millions of doses of the product.
January 13, 2021 Source: The China Project
China ramps up COVID-19 vaccinations, approves Sinopharm shot
Chinese regulators gave approval for a mass public rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine by Sinopharm on December 30, 2020. Meanwhile, authorities worked to expand an emergency use authorization program that has already delivered millions of experimental vaccine doses.
January 4, 2021 Source: The China Project
China begins mass distribution of COVID vaccines
Countries including Indonesia, Brazil, Turkey, and Chile are clamoring for doses of CoronaVac, the vaccine candidate made by Sinovac Biotech. Meanwhile, the maker of another of China’s leading vaccine candidates, Sinopharm, applied last month for market approval.
December 7, 2020 Source: The China Project
China has given experimental COVID-19 vaccines to one million people
Five Chinese coronavirus vaccines are in Phase 3 clinical trials, but China has not waited for trials to be complete to inject about one million people since July. Preliminary data suggests that China’s vaccines may be less inoculating than those by Pfizer and Moderna.
November 19, 2020 Source: The China Project
China joins global coronavirus vaccine distribution initiative that Trump shunned
Filling yet another void in global leadership left by President Trump, China said that it had joined COVAX, the World Health Organization–backed program to fund and coordinate the equitable global distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine.
October 9, 2020 Source: The China Project
China might be weeks away from a COVID-19 vaccine
China has already vaccinated vast numbers of essential workers and state-owned enterprise employees without a conventional clinical trial process. As soon as this month, however, Beijing may give official approval to a clinically tested vaccine, and begin public rollout in November.
October 2, 2020 Source: The China Project
China has been vaccinating essential workers since July 22
China, under an emergency use authorization, has vaccinated an unspecified number of essential workers outside of clinical trials since July 22, a top health official revealed. At the same time, clinical trials for China’s four COVID-19 vaccine candidates are expanding overseas.
August 24, 2020 Source: The China Project
When will China roll out a COVID-19 vaccine? Which countries will get it?
Four vaccines developed by Chinese companies have moved on to Phase 3 trials, accounting for half of the global candidates at that final stage of human testing before approval.
August 18, 2020 Source: The China Project
China’s CDC director: ‘Please don’t lose confidence in Chinese-made vaccines’
China’s CDC director: ‘Please don’t lose confidence in Chinese-made vaccines’
March 4, 2019 Source: The China Project
China does not want America to get its shots
U.S. health authorities have not received H7N9 avian flu specimens from their Chinese counterparts for more than a year now, according to the New York…
August 28, 2018 Source: The China Project
Global recalls: rabies vaccine and Valsartan update
Associated Press reports: Investigators found Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Ltd. had blended expired fluids in its vaccines and falsified records from as early as April…
August 8, 2018 Source: The China Project
Blood pressure drug recalls — an update on Valsartan
In our Access members newsletter (paywall) yesterday, we covered the recalls of the blood pressure medicine Valsartan because of a carcinogen found in an ingredient produced by…
August 7, 2018 Source: The China Project