Sinovac Biotech Holds Annual General Meeting

2008-04-10

Sinovac Biotech Holds Annual General Meeting
Thursday April 10, 8:00 am ET

BEIJING, April 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Amex: SVA - News), a leading provider of vaccines in China, today announced that its Annual General Meeting originally scheduled for March 25, 2008 was held two weeks later, on April 8, 2008.

During the April 8, 2008 Annual General Meeting, held at Sinovac's headquarters located at No. 39, Shangdi Xi Rd., Haidian District, Beijing, PRC, resolutions for the re-election of directors were passed, the Company's 2006 Annual Report was reviewed, and the appointment of Ernst & Young as Sinovac's registered public accountants was approved.

About Sinovac

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. is a China-based biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the research, development, manufacture and commercialization of vaccines that protect against human infectious diseases. Sinovac's vaccines include Healive® (hepatitis A), Bilive® (combined hepatitis A and B), Anflu® (influenza) and Panflu(TM)(H5N1). Sinovac is currently developing Universal Pandemic Influenza vaccine and Japanese encephalitis vaccine. Additional information about Sinovac is available on its website, http://www.sinovac.com . To be added to our distribution list, please email: info@sinovac.com.

    For more information, please contact:
Helen G. Yang
Sinovac Biotech Ltd.
Tel:   +86-10-8289-0088 x871
Fax:   +86-10-6296-6910
Email: info@sinovac.com
    Investors/Media:
Stephanie Carrington/Janine McCargo
The Ruth Group
Tel:   +1-646-536-7017/7033
Email: scarrington@theruthgroup.com
            jmccargo@theruthgroup.com

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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Sinovac Biotech Ltd.

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