Sinovac Provides Update on Study of Third Dose of Its Pandemic Influenza Vaccine
Tuesday March 6, 8:00 am ET
BEIJING, March 6 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Amex:
SVA -
News), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced an update for the study evaluating the third dose of its vaccine against the H5N1 dose of pandemic influenza.
In order to test the immune persistence of the pandemic influenza vaccine developed by Sinovac, a third dose was given to volunteers, who had completed the 210-day observation period after the first vaccination with the pandemic influenza vaccine. The purpose of this trial is to study the immune persistence of the two-dose scheme and the immune response with the third dose booster. The result of the trial will provide data for the immunization strategy to address different levels of possible influenza pandemic.
Among all of the 120 volunteers who joined the Phase I clinical trial for the pandemic influenza vaccine, 96 volunteers have received vaccination with pandemic influenza vaccine and 24 with placebo. 88 of the 96 volunteers vaccinated with vaccines completed follow-up observation for 210 days following the first vaccination. Twelve months after the second shot, the volunteers were given a third dose of the pandemic influenza vaccine.
Through medical evaluation and screening, 57 of 88 volunteers were selected to be given a third dose of the vaccination. They were separated into 4 groups with different dosages, which were 1.25ug, 2.5ug, 5ug, and 10ug. The vaccination has been completed recently. The 15-day follow up study showed no any serious side effects. The complete study will be conducted for 30 days, which is expected to be completed in March of 2007. Antibody testing results will be available in July of 2007.
About Panflu(TM)
Sinovac's Panflu(TM) is a whole virus inactivated vaccine with adjuvant. Four antigen dosages levels were tested in the Phase I clinical trial and all of them induced an immune response in the volunteers. The vaccine with 10ug antigen content demonstrated to have the best immunogenicity, with a sero positive rate of 78.3%, which exceeds the criteria for assessment of vaccines established by Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products of the European Union.
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(TM) (hepatitis A), Bilive(TM) (combined hepatitis A and B) and Anflu(TM) (influenza). Sinovac is currently developing human vaccines against the H5N1 strain of pandemic influenza, Japanese encephalitis and SARS. Additional information about Sinovac is available on its website,
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Helen G. Yang
Sinovac Biotech Ltd.
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The Ruth Group
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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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