PETALING JAYA: Discussions are ongoing as to whether Malaysia will take part in the third phase of the Covid-19 vaccine trials, says the Health Ministry.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the country is still waiting for more data to evaluate the effectiveness of the vaccines being tested.
“Malaysia has not been selected as a hub for the phase three clinical trials. At the moment, we have more questions than answers - until we see more data in terms of safety, side effects and other criteria, we cannot make a conclusion. “We encourage the vaccine research to carry on, but we are waiting for the data to look into the efficacy of the vaccine, ” he said.
He said that Malaysia has had discussions with three companies involved in the trials, namely Sinovac, Sinopharm and CanSino.Nonetheless the discussion is ongoing with the respective companies and countries, ” he said. On Aug 6, the Xinhua news agency quoted World Health Organisation Health Emergencies programme executive director Michael Ryan as saying that several Covid-19 vaccine candidates have entered phase three trials.
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