BEIJING, Dec. 28 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Nasdaq: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today that Weidong Yin, Chairman, President & CEO, was presented with the Annual Innovation Award by China Central Television (CCTV). As previously announced, Mr. Yin had been one of 18 nominees for the CCTV's China's 2009 Economic Man-of-the-Year. Results were announced on December 23, 2009 at an award ceremony held in Beijing.
Mr. Weidong Yin was honored because of his contribution to the battle against the H1N1 influenza pandemic; Sinovac vaccines protect human life and strengthen the Chinese people's confidence.
Mr. Weidong Yin, Chairman, President and CEO of Sinovac, remarked, "I am very pleased to have received CCTV's 2009 Annual Innovation Award. As the first company worldwide to receive approval for the H1N1 vaccine, we have exemplified Sinovac's position as a true innovator in the global vaccine industry. We are proud that our entire portfolio of innovative vaccines continues to make a significant contribution to the health and well-being of Chinese citizens."
Recipients of the Top Ten 2009 Economic Man-of-the-Year award were CEO and president of Sina Charles Chao, China Minsheng Banking Corporation Chairman Dong Wenbiao, Shenzhen Capital Group Chairman Jin Haitao, chairman of Geely Automobile Holding Li Shufu, Guangdong Galanz Enterprise Group CEO Liang
Chao-Hsien, chairman of Jiangsu Shagang Group Shen Wenrong, chairman and CEO at Neusoft Group Ltd Liu Jiren, Phoenix Publishing & Media Group chairman Tan Yue, Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd., chairman Xu Liuping, and chairman of New Oriental Education Group Yu Minhong. In addition, Liu Haitao, head of Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, received the Annual Innovation Award.
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 vaccine products include Healive(R) (hepatitis A), Bilive(R) (combined hepatitis A and B), and Anflu(R) (influenza). Panflu(R) and PANFLU.1(TM), Sinovac's pandemic influenza vaccine (H5N1) and H1N1 vaccine, have already been approved for government stockpiling. Sinovac is developing vaccines for enterovirus 71, universal pandemic influenza, Japanese encephalitis, and human rabies. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Tangshan Yian, is conducting field trials for independently developed inactivated animal rabies vaccine.
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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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