Covid-19: CoronaVac vaccine to undergo evaluation, bottling assessment process before getting approval, says KJ


PETALING JAYA: 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).

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