China Grants First mRNA COVID Vaccine Approval To Homegrown Latecomer

 
• By Dexter Jie Yan

CSPC Pharmaceutical's SYS6006 has gained an emergency use authorization in China less than one year after entering clinical trials, becoming the first mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 to be approved in the country.

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China finally gives nod to an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 following approvals of inactivated, adenovirus and recombinant shots • Source: Shutterstock

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