Vietnam proposes Pfizer cooperate in COVID-19 treatment drug production
Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc has proposed Pfizer, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, cooperate with Vietnam in the production of COVID-19 treatment drugs and promote to have an effective and safe vaccine for children.
Washington DC (VNA) - Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc hasproposed Pfizer, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical and biotechnologycompanies, cooperate with Vietnam in the production of COVID-19 treatment drugsand promote to have an effective and safe vaccine for children.
Ngoc made the proposal at a meeting between the ASEANCommittee in Washington DC and Stephen Claeys, Senior Director, Trade Policy atPfizer, on cooperation between ASEAN member states and the US company onOctober 15 (local time).
He appreciated Pfizer's support for Vietnam, and requested thiscompany to realise its commitment to providing Vietnam with 51 million doses ofits vaccine in 2021 and continue its discussions with relevant Vietnamese agencieson the vaccine supply in 2022.
Sharing Vietnam's view that Pfizer should build a productionbase in Southeast Asia, ambassadors and representatives from several countriessuch as the Philippines and Singapore, proposed a tripartite cooperationbetween Pfizer, ASEAN and the US government in pandemic prevention.
They called on Pfizer to continue helping countries coexistwith COVID-19 and prepare for future pandemics.
Philippine Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez stressed theimportance of this meeting to help find appropriate forms of cooperationbetween ASEAN countries and Pfizer to jointly respond to the pandemic.
For his part, Stephen Clayes praised the views of ASEANcountries and said Pfizer will implement the signed commitments, includingthose with Vietnam.
Pfizer is committed to creating equal access at reasonableprices for all, he added./.
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The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
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Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 (Photo: AFP/VNA) 
