China approves first self developed COVID-19 vaccine

China Approves First Self Developed COVID-19 Vaccine Umer Jamshaid 5 06:20 PM BEIJING, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 31st Dec, 2020 ) : China announced on Thursday that it had granted conditional marketing authorization for its first self-developed COVID-19 vaccine. The inactivated vaccine, which got the approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), is developed by the Beijing Biological Products Institute Co., Ltd. under the China National Bio-tec Group (CNBG), which is affiliated with Sinopharm. The provincial results of its phase-3 clinical trials shows 79.34 percent efficacy against COVID-19, meeting the standards of the World Health Organization and…