Bahrain, Russia to produce Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for MENA region

  • Date: 03-Jun-2021
  • Source: Gulf Insider
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Bahrain
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Bahrain, Russia to produce Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for MENA region

The sovereign funds of Russia and Bahrain on Thursday signed a preliminary agreement to manufacture and distribute the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine across the Middle East and North Africa region, The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said.

The RDIF provided no information on the capacity of the planned manufacturing facility under the agreement which also involves Binnopharm Group, а subsidiary of Russian investment company Sistema.