Popular Post webfact Posted February 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2021 Siam Bioscience was selected by AstraZeneca Siam Bioscience was chosen by AstraZeneca after a detailed assessment and comparison against other institutions proposed by Thailand, according to the National Vaccine Institute (NVI). Dr. Nakorn Premsri, the director of the NVI, said that AstraZeneca was the one who told Thailand that it would be better to reserve vaccines from them because they will be manufactured in Thailand. Dr. Nakorn added that the decision to transfer technology was made well before Thailand decided to procure vaccines from AstraZeneca. There were over 60 laboratories and companies, from around the world, proposed to AstraZeneca to become its manufacturer. Siam Bioscience was one of 25 chosen. One of the conditions Thailand has agreed with AstraZeneca is that Thailand will be the vaccine manufacturing base for the ASEAN region. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/siam-bioscience-was-selected-by-astrazeneca/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2021-02-19 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sammieuk1 Posted February 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2021 Another condition of course is the not for profit rule of the Oxford AZ vaccine until the pandemic has passed and probably the reason not one arm has so far been jabbed ???? 9 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebo Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Doors widely opened for any kind of corruption ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LomSak27 Posted February 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2021 29 minutes ago, webfact said: Dr. Nakorn Premsri, the director of the NVI, said that AstraZeneca was the one who told Thailand that it would be better to reserve vaccines from them because they will be manufactured in Thailand. Dr. Nakorn added that the decision to transfer technology was made well before Thailand decided to procure vaccines from AstraZeneca. No one to blame but AstraZeneca here. Move along Yes Nattering Nabobs of Negativity, its AstraZeneca who is responsible. They had to pull Thailand kicking and screaming to manufacture the vaccine, even though this would make significant delays in vaccinating the Thai population. If you do not like that then no one to blame but AstraZeneca. Move along now. 2 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, webfact said: Siam Bioscience was chosen by AstraZeneca Good fortunes for this company, pretty much winning this contract its lice a licence to print money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mtls2005 Posted February 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2021 Interesting that this nugget was just made public now, given the on-going censure/no confidence action in parliament. The lack of transparency on this "transaction" has been the main complaint. If everything was "best practices" then why not release all the details? 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DLock Posted February 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2021 So, a company with zero vaccine experience, 581million baht of accumulated losses and will take 8 months from announcing the deal to actually producing a vaccine (supposedly) at "zero profit" is the best in the Asian region? What a sad state of affairs. 10 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikke1959 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 follow the brown envelope...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton Rd Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Why did they chose a company with no experience? this is only one side of the story, I wonder what AstraZeneca's is. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleMhee Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, Orton Rd said: Why did they chose a company with no experience? this is only one side of the story, I wonder what AstraZeneca's is. 40 billion dollars worth of coercion?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Orton Rd said: Why did they chose a company with no experience? Well, a bit better than SCG or SCB? Although, one expects SCG Logisitics to be involved in distribution. Edited February 19, 2021 by mtls2005 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DirtyHarry55 Posted February 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2021 (edited) So why did it take so long to make this statement and why don't they allow any reporters in to report on progress what's with all the secrecy? Which other companies did Thailand propose to AstraZeneca please be transparent with the details there's many with better experience in this field.https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2021/02/08/firm-says-vaccine-production-has-started-but-wont-let-media-see-it/ Edited February 19, 2021 by DirtyHarry55 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiekerjozef Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 AstraZeneca looking for cheap labor. Nothing new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr Meeseeks Posted February 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2021 I'll wait for an official statement directly from AstraZeneca confirming that was the case, thanks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 5 hours ago, sammieuk1 said: Another condition of course is the not for profit rule of the Oxford AZ vaccine until the pandemic has passed and probably the reason not one arm has so far been jabbed ???? Astute observation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 2 hours ago, DLock said: So, a company with zero vaccine experience, 581million baht of accumulated losses and will take 8 months from announcing the deal to actually producing a vaccine (supposedly) at "zero profit" is the best in the Asian region? What a sad state of affairs. Another one making massive losses. Add them to the long list with Elite Card company and Thai Airways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Another day, another excuse. Nobody's buying any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Drake Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Something does not make sense. Here is a report that South Africa was charged double the price for AZ. Is that what is going on, here? "South Africa will have to buy doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine at a price nearly 2.5 times higher than most European countries, the country’s health ministry has said." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/22/south-africa-paying-more-than-double-eu-price-for-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 6 hours ago, webfact said: Dr. Nakorn Premsri, the director of the NVI, said that AstraZeneca was the one who told Thailand that it would be better to reserve vaccines from them because they will be manufactured in Thailand. Dr. Nakorn added that the decision to transfer technology was made well before Thailand decided to procure vaccines from AstraZeneca. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 7 hours ago, sammieuk1 said: Another condition of course is the not for profit rule of the Oxford AZ vaccine until the pandemic has passed and probably the reason not one arm has so far been jabbed ???? Agreed. No profit? No incentive to produce vaccines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 6 hours ago, LomSak27 said: No one to blame but AstraZeneca here. Move along Yes Nattering Nabobs of Negativity, its AstraZeneca who is responsible. They had to pull Thailand kicking and screaming to manufacture the vaccine, even though this would make significant delays in vaccinating the Thai population. If you do not like that then no one to blame but AstraZeneca. Move along now. No one is to blame but AstraZeneca and all MP involved in the censure debates. Wait around for a couple of week. They'll be other non-participants to blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 luckily there are no Wuhanchanburi locations on a LOS map... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Tracy Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 8 hours ago, webfact said: Dr. Nakorn Premsri, the director of the NVI, said that AstraZeneca was the one who told Thailand that it would be better to reserve vaccines from them because they will be manufactured in Thailand. How come AstraZeneca has said nothing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLock Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 19 minutes ago, Scott Tracy said: 9 hours ago, webfact said: Dr. Nakorn Premsri, the director of the NVI, said that AstraZeneca was the one who told Thailand that it would be better to reserve vaccines from them because they will be manufactured in Thailand. How come AstraZeneca has said nothing? ...and what is the purpose of the statement? Does it mean that the first AZ vaccines Thailand receive are from SB...and the ones they were expecting from Europe are no longer? Odd Press Release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketDog Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 5 hours ago, DLock said: So, a company with zero vaccine experience, 581million baht of accumulated losses and will take 8 months from announcing the deal to actually producing a vaccine (supposedly) at "zero profit" is the best in the Asian region? What a sad state of affairs. Yes, it is. From other SE Asian countries I've visited I agree with you. However perhaps it really is as just it seems and we're lucky AZ chose Thailand. Vietnam would also be a good choice in my mind. China would be only if I was drooling-stupid out of my mind. It makes sense to centrally locate multiple global production sites as AZ has done. Maybe it's simply a 'prettiest girl in the bar at closing time' scenario to choose the Kingdom. I tend to doubt that brown envelopes influenced AZ's decision. There is just too much scrutiny right now. I'm tacitly assuming that AZ will protect their reputation enough to closely monitor and QA the product at startup and throughout production. If not then it's all a <deleted> shoot, everywhere. Though not really a plan, hope is all I have now. No way I'm returning to America just for a vaccine, free or otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLock Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, RocketDog said: Yes, it is. From other SE Asian countries I've visited I agree with you. However perhaps it really is as just it seems and we're lucky AZ chose Thailand. Vietnam would also be a good choice in my mind. China would be only if I was drooling-stupid out of my mind. It makes sense to centrally locate multiple global production sites as AZ has done. Maybe it's simply a 'prettiest girl in the bar at closing time' scenario to choose the Kingdom. I tend to doubt that brown envelopes influenced AZ's decision. There is just too much scrutiny right now. I'm tacitly assuming that AZ will protect their reputation enough to closely monitor and QA the product at startup and throughout production. If not then it's all a <deleted> shoot, everywhere. Though not really a plan, hope is all I have now. No way I'm returning to America just for a vaccine, free or otherwise. Given the timely nature of the pandemic and the urgent need for vaccines, you would have thought that the very first criteria would be "Can you be up and running by January 2021?". The logic of June makes no sense and I cannot believe that there are not better options in Singapore or Vietnam. I agree, AZ must be monitoring SB very closely to make sure QC and manufacturing dates are met. I am very curious about this deal and what's going to happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 (edited) At this point I almost don't care which companies produce the AstraZeneca vaccine, as it's such an inferior product. Edited February 19, 2021 by Caldera 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketDog Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 8 minutes ago, DLock said: Given the timely nature of the pandemic and the urgent need for vaccines, you would have thought that the very first criteria would be "Can you be up and running by January 2021?". The logic of June makes no sense and I cannot believe that there are not better options in Singapore or Vietnam. I agree, AZ must be monitoring SB very closely to make sure QC and manufacturing dates are met. I am very curious about this deal and what's going to happen. There must be almost countless criteria to consider in choosing a site. Again I must rely on AZ to have the people and procedures to do that successfully. Hope for the best as if your life, or at minimum future quality thereof, depended on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwisr Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 51 minutes ago, Caldera said: At this point I almost don't care which companies produce the AstraZeneca vaccine, as it's such an inferior product. Yes, way behind the Pfizer one in efficacy. The AZ one is about as good as the Chinese made one 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Caldera said: At this point I almost don't care which companies produce the AstraZeneca vaccine, as it's such an inferior product. It's in my arm and will help save the world at cost price ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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