China Grants First mRNA COVID Vaccine Approval To Homegrown Latecomer

CSPC Pharmaceutical's SYS6006 has gained an emergency use authorization in China less than one year after entering clinical trials, becoming the first mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 to be approved in the country.

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China finally gives nod to an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 following approvals of inactivated, adenovirus and recombinant shots • Source: Shutterstock

China has granted the country’s first emergency use authorization (EUA) to a messenger RNA vaccine for COVID-19, approving SYS6006 developed by domestic firm CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited for the Omicron variant.

“SYS6006 has been authorized for emergency use in China for the prevention of COVID-19 caused by the infection of SARS-CoV-2,”...

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