Khairy: Govt identifies Pharmaniaga and Duopharma Biotech for Covid-19 vaccine bottling when available
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin told reporters at Parliament today that the manufacturing facilities belong to Pharmaniaga and Duopharma Biotech Berhad. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin told reporters at Parliament today that the manufacturing facilities belong to Pharmaniaga and Duopharma Biotech Berhad. “If we have the capacity, we will also offer our fill-and-finish service to other countries. We are not developing our own vaccine and we have been told that the bottleneck when it comes to vaccine distribution is at the fill-and-finish level.
He said the government is still looking at vaccine research and trials being conducted in China, the United States and the United Kingdom.
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