BioNTech and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical said on Wednesday they would launch a Phase II clinical trial of BioNTech’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine in China. The vaccine, known as BNT162b2, will be tested on volunteers at the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention to assess safety and immunogenicity, eyeing future acceptance in China, both firms said in a statement. BioNTech is also working with U.S. pharma giant Pfizer on the vaccine and the spouses said last week they were expecting to win approval in the United States and Europe this season after trial results revealed the compound had a 95% efficacy rate and caused no serious side effects.


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China National Biotec Group Co. (CNBG), a leading vaccine developer has sought authorisation to bring its COVID-19 candidate to the current market, Bloomberg has reported. The Bloomberg report cites Shi Shengyi, the vice general director of Sinopharm — CNBG’s parent company — as saying that an application in this regard was submitted to Chinese regulators on November 25. The application is likely to include data from the phase-3 clinical trials that were conducted at the Middle East and South America. CNBG, Sinopharm Group and China’s drug regulator, the National Medical Products Administration, didn’t immediately confirm that development. This would create...