Saudi Arabia signs deal with German firm to distribute COVID-19 vaccine

Saudi Arabia signs deal with German firm to distribute COVID-19 vaccine

Saudi Arabia signs deal with German firm to distribute COVID-19 vaccine

Saudi Arabia signs deal with German firm to distribute COVID-19 vaccine

Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement with a German firm to supply and distribute a coronavirus vaccine in the Kingdom. (File/AFP)

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Saudi Arabia signs deal with German firm to distribute COVID-19 vaccine

The CureVac vaccine successfully passed the first phase of clinical trials in early November

The announcement is part of the Saudi government's initiatives to prevent the spread of COVID-19

Updated 29 November 2020

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JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement with a German firm to supply and distribute a coronavirus vaccine in the Kingdom.

Saudi Pharmaceutical Industries and Medical Appliances Corp. (SPIMACO) said on Sunday that it had signed the agreement with biopharmaceutical company CureVac on Nov. 27.

Under the agreement, SPIMACO will apply for the necessary approvals from the Ministry of Health and the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) to meet the requirements for distributing the vaccine.

The CureVac vaccine successfully passed the first phase of clinical trials in early November. 

Results showed an increase in virus-neutralizing antibodies in all participants who took the dose, and more than 90 percent of patients were shown to have developed antibodies against both the receptors and