Vietnam to trial Israeli oral Covid vaccine

People register for Covid-19 vaccination in HCMC, October 16, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran

An oral Covid-19 vaccine developed by Israel will be trialled in Vietnam and is expected to be approved for emergency use in 2023.

The OraVax vaccine, produced by Oramed Pharmaceuticals, is already undergoing first phase clinical trials in South Africa. Its commercial partner in Southeast Asia, which aims to transfer the vaccine production technology to Vietnam, is Tan Thanh Holdings.

Tan Thanh has won approval by the Ministry of Health to perform clinical trials for the vaccine in Vietnam, and the ministry would provide budgetary support which has not be been specified yet.

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