The Prime Minister said that an early purchase agreement has been inked with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to gain a supply of 12.8 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine for 20% of the population, which will not include children under 12 years of age.
He said that the agreement with Pfizer will ensure the government has access to data to be able to monitor the quality, safety and efficacy, as well as guarantee access to the vaccine when the company is ready to distribute.
“Pfizer, on Nov 9, stated that the first analysis of the interim data showed a vaccine efficacy of 95%.
“Pfizer also promised delivery of one million does of vaccine in the first quarter of 2021, followed by 1.7 million doses in the second quarter, 5.8 million doses in the third quarter and 4.3 million doses in the final quarter of 2021, ” said Muhyiddin at the Prime Minister’s Office here Friday.
The Prime Minister was flanked by Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba and Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin during the virtual media conference.
The Prime Minister also said that although the deal was signed, Pfizer has yet to pass the US Food and Drug Administration and the regulatory bodies of the manufacturing countries.
“Pfizer also has to get the approval from the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency under the Health Ministry before the vaccine can be used in Malaysia.
Tang said the group is currently in discussions with its manufacturing partner, Shanghai Fosun, to collaborate and distribute Covid-19 mRNA-based vaccine when the product completed its phase 3 clinical trials and ready for mass vaccination and distribution.
“Shanghai Fosun Long March Medical Science Co Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group, who has inked an agreement with BioNTech, the German partner, and Pfizer, on the global development program, with the ultimate aim of securing global supply of a vaccine immediatelty upon regulatory approval. The company will make necessary announcement when there is a material collaboration established,” he added.
this pfizer nothing to do with mtouche as mtouche has not ink any deal with vaccine company, better focus on actual vaccine counters which obviouly uptrend alot today.
mTouche Technology Bhd said a number of its novel coronavirus RT-PCR detection and diagnostic kits have been assessed and have received final decision and approval by the Medical Device Authority (MDA), under the purview of the Health Ministry, and are now “recommended for use”.
mTouche’s latest announcement follows the one it made in April this year regarding the supply agreement its wholly-owned subsidiary, mTouche International Sdn Bhd, entered into with Network Global Solutions Pty Ltd to promote, market and distribute novel coronavirus (SAR-CoV-2) RT-PCR Detection and Diagnostic Kit by LabGenomics Co Ltd (South Korea) and novel coronavirus (SAR-CoV-2) IgM/IgG Rapid Test Kit by Qingdao Hightop Biotech Co Ltd (China), and other equivalent products in this region.
It was also appointed by Shanghai Fosun Long March Medical Science Co Ltd (China) and Wuhan EasyDiagnosis Biomedicine Co Ltd. (China) as the authorised representative to promote, market and distribute Covid-19 RT-PCR detection and diagnostic kits and Covid-19 IgM/IgG rapid test kits in Malaysia.
In its latest statement, mTouche said the test kits from LabGenomics, Shanghai Fosun and Wuhan EasyDiagnosis were the ones that have received approval.
mTouche executive director Tang Boon Koon said the company submitted five special access applications in total, with three for RT-PCR detection and diagnostic kits which received final decision and approval by MDA.
The IVD Test Assay Evaluation conducted by IMR and MKAK on the three Novel Coronavirus (SAR-CoV-2) RT-PCR Detection and Diagnostic Kit, returned with 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity.
“As for the two IgM/IgG Rapid Test Kit, one have completed the IVD Test Assay Evaluation by MKAK and lab report have been duly submitted to MDA, while the other is still pending IVD Test Assay Evaluation to be performed by IMR,” he said.
In addition, now that approval has been obtained from MDA and is “recommended for use”, mTouche will enter into a contract to officially appoint Premier Diagnostics Sdn Bhd as its warehousing and logistics partner.
Tang said the group is currently in discussions with its manufacturing partner, Shanghai Fosun, to collaborate and distribute Covid-19 mRNA-based vaccine when the product completed its phase 3 clinical trials and ready for mass vaccination and distribution.
“Shanghai Fosun Long March Medical Science Co Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group, who has inked an agreement with BioNTech, the German partner, and Pfizer, on the global development program, with the ultimate aim of securing global supply of a vaccine immediatelty upon regulatory approval. The company will make necessary announcement when there is a material collaboration established,” he added.
There is no complete details yet and afaik gov does not do direct purchase G2G. This event gonna take place q12021, got some time already for mtouche to push for the MOU.
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my optimistic guess: have a feeling that Pfizer might give the distribution power to mtouche leh.. since mtouche is already well established in malaysia no? Hahahahahaaa... let's see guys. mtouche-SKY soonnnnnnnn. huat ah huat ah
let's look at it this way, distributors don't sign deals with government. Of course Pfizer has to ink it to gain confidence from people. But like any deals, whoever Pfizer picks will be handling it. At this juncture it is still open for all including Mtouche.
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