Egypt signs agreement with China to locally produce Sinovac vaccine

Egypt signs agreement with China to locally produce Sinovac vaccine

Egypt's Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA) and Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac signed two agreements on Wednesday to manufacture the Sinovav vaccine – Cabinet







CAIRO – 21 April 2021: Egypt's Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA) and Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac signed two agreements on Wednesday to manufacture the Sinovav vaccine.

VACSERA will manufacture the final product using the ready-made product provided by Sinovac.

Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli, Health Minister Hala Zayed and Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang attended the signing ceremony.

The first agreement is related to the transfer of technology required to manufacture the vaccine doses, a Cabinet statement read. Under the agreement, Sinovac will grant VACSERA a limited license to use the manufacturing technology.

VACSERA will manufacture the vaccine inside the company's production facilities.

The second agreement stipulates that Sinovac secures for Egypt all technical information related to the company's