Vietnam, Japan Ink Deal on Transferring COVID-19 Production Tech

Vaccine and Biological Production Company No. 1 (Vabiotech) and AIC Group of Vietnam and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. of Japan have signed a deal on COVID-19 vaccine production technology transfer, a health official revealed on July 27. The vaccine production technology that Vietnam will get from Japan is (Recombinant SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein) BaculovirusExpression Vector System. The Japanese firm has used the technology to produce the first Japanese COVID-19 vaccine and has planned to carry out vaccine trials in pandemic-hit areas in Southeast Asia and Africa. In a bid to speed up COVID-19 vaccine production, Vietnamese agencies stated that they are willing to update rules related to urgent licensing for COVID-19 vaccines, aiming to slash administrative procedures and still meet the requirements about the quality. (VnExpress)