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Brazilian state of Bahia to test Russia's vaccine, eyes buying 50 million doses [View all]
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 7:24 PM UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Brazilian state to test Russia's vaccine, eyes buying 50 million doses
By Anthony Boadle
2 MIN READ
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase 3 clinical trials for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 and plans to buy 50 million doses to market in Brazil, officials said on Thursday.
Governor Rui Costa said a confidentiality agreement was signed on Tuesday to undertake the trials and Bahia will receive an initial 500 doses as soon as Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa approves the protocol for testing.
Russia has touted Sputnik as the first vaccine against coronavirus to be registered in the world, even though Phase 3 trials have yet to be completed.
Costa said Brazil’s federal government should be doing more to establish international partnerships to help the research on the vaccines that are being developed to fight the pandemic.
If the trials that are expected to start in October are successful, Bahia will look to market the Russian vaccine in Brazil through its pharmaceutical research center Bahiafarma, the state’s health secretary Fabio Vilas-Boas said in a statement.
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 7:24 PM UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Brazilian state to test Russia's vaccine, eyes buying 50 million doses
By Anthony Boadle
2 MIN READ
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase 3 clinical trials for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 and plans to buy 50 million doses to market in Brazil, officials said on Thursday.
Governor Rui Costa said a confidentiality agreement was signed on Tuesday to undertake the trials and Bahia will receive an initial 500 doses as soon as Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa approves the protocol for testing.
Russia has touted Sputnik as the first vaccine against coronavirus to be registered in the world, even though Phase 3 trials have yet to be completed.
Costa said Brazil’s federal government should be doing more to establish international partnerships to help the research on the vaccines that are being developed to fight the pandemic.
If the trials that are expected to start in October are successful, Bahia will look to market the Russian vaccine in Brazil through its pharmaceutical research center Bahiafarma, the state’s health secretary Fabio Vilas-Boas said in a statement.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-brazil/brazilian-state-to-test-russias-vaccine-eyes-buying-50-million-doses-idUSKBN2613NH
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