Sinovac gets second order for 3 million dose H1N1 vaccines from Chinese central government

Sinovac Biotech Ltd., a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced that the company has received its second purchase order for its H1N1 vaccine, PANFLU.1, from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China for the national stockpiling plan. 

Under this purchase order, Sinovac is required to produce an additional 3 million doses of PANFLU.1 (15ug/0.5ml), Sinovac's H1N1 vaccine for the central government.

The 3 million dose purchase order announced is in addition to the initial order for 3.3 million doses received from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China on September 4, 2009. Sinovac is expected to complete the delivery of 4.5 million doses of PANFLU.1 to the Chinese central government by the end of October.

To date, more than 100,000 citizens in Beijing have been inoculated by PANFLU.1, Sinovac's H1N1 vaccine and no severe adverse events have been reported, demonstrating the good safety profile of Sinovac's H1N1 vaccine. In the vaccination campaign initiated in China, the side effects were monitored proactively through adverse events following immunization (AEFI).