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Nurse shows the vaccine against covid-19 produced by the Chinese company Sinovac Biotech at the São Lucas Hospital, in Porto Alegre – AFP / Archive
The Chinese Laboratory Sinovac Biotech said on Tuesday (10) that he is confident in the safety of his experimental vaccine against COVID-19, After the suspension of a clinical trial in Brazil due to a “serious incident”.
“We are confident in the safety of the vaccine,” Sinovac said in a statement, noting that the incident in question was “unrelated” to the vaccine, developed between the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac and the Butantan Institute.
The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) of Brazil announced on Monday (9) the suspension of clinical trials of the CoronaVac vaccine after a “serious adverse event” involving a volunteer, which occurred on October 29.
The regulator said it could not disclose details about what happened due to privacy regulations, but revealed that serious adverse incidents include death, life-threatening side effects, persistent or significant disability or disability, hospital stay, congenital anomaly and ” event”. clinically significant “.
The setback for CoronaVac occurred on the same day that the US pharmaceutical group Pfizer announced that its vaccine against covid-19 is 90% effective.
The Pfizer and Sinovac vaccines are in phase 3 of the tests, the last one before obtaining the approval or not of the regulatory authorities.
Both are being tested in Brazil, the country with the second highest number of deaths from covid-19, behind only the United States, with more than 162,000 deaths.
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