Date
Event
January 28, 2020
SINOVAC established and launched a new COVID-19 vaccine research and development project
June 13, 2020
SINOVAC announced a Phase I/II clinical study of its new COVID-19 vaccine, showing the vaccine was safe and effective in producing neutralizing antibodies
February 16, 2021
Professor Lau Chak-sing, Convener of the Hong Kong Vaccine Advisory Expert Committee, announced the committee’s review of data for CoronaVac®. Results showed CoronaVac® benefits outweigh the risks. The committee recommended the vaccine to the government
February 19, 2021
Within 72 hours after the advisory committee's recommendation, the first batch of one million doses of CoronaVac® arrived in Hong Kong from Beijing. Hong Kong subsequently launched a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination program
June 2, 2022
CoronaVac® was validated by the World Health Organization’s Emergency Use List Procedure
February 20, 2022
SINOVAC Foundation donations to Hong Kong helped local communities in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
April 14, 2022
In cooperation with HKU and Gleneagles Hospital, SINOVAC’s inactivated COVID-19 vaccine (omicron variant) was approved for clinical trials in Hong Kong
August 4, 2022
Children between the ages of 6 months and 3 years old were eligible for receiving CoronaVac®. To help the public complete their vaccinations as soon as possible, Hong Kong had opened up multiple new vaccination centers.
December 16, 2022
CoronaVac® was fully registered in Hong Kong under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance Cap 138. It is one of the first COVID-19 vaccines approved for official registration in Hong Kong
May 10, 2023
SINOVAC announced the supply of the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac® (original strain) to Hong Kong’s private market, with plans to donate free COVID-19 vaccines to children
[1] HKSAR news.gov.hk: Professor Lo Chung Mo’s Chinese article dated 15 Sept 2022. https://www.news.gov.hk/chi/2022/09/20220915/20220915_145920_647.html
About SINOVAC
Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (SINOVAC) is a China-based biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the R&D, manufacturing, and commercialization of vaccines that protect against human infectious diseases.
SINOVAC's product portfolio includes vaccines against COVID-19, enterovirus 71 (EV71) infected Hand-Foot-Mouth disease (HFMD), hepatitis A, varicella, influenza, poliomyelitis, pneumococcal disease, and mumps.
The COVID-19 vaccine, CoronaVac®, has been approved for use in more than 60 countries and regions worldwide. The hepatitis A vaccine, Healive®, passed WHO prequalification requirements in 2017. The EV71 vaccine, Inlive®, is an innovative vaccine under "Category 1 Preventative Biological Products" and was commercialized in China in 2016. In 2022, SINOVAC's Sabin-strain inactivated polio vaccine (sIPV) and varicella vaccine were prequalified by the WHO.
SINOVAC was the first company to be granted approval for its H1N1 influenza vaccine Panflu.1®, which has supplied the Chinese government's vaccination campaign and stockpiling program. The Company is also the only supplier of the H5N1 pandemic influenza vaccine, Panflu®, to the Chinese government stockpiling program.
SINOVAC continually dedicates itself to new vaccine R&D, with more combination vaccine products in its pipeline, and constantly explores global market opportunities. SINOVAC plans to conduct more extensive and in-depth trade and cooperation with additional countries, and business and industry organizations.
For more information, please see the Company’s website at www.sinovac.com.
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