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Anyone know why China is not on the list of countries in which Pfizer is seeking regulatory approval?

baybal2 6y ago
Because China already has a "national" vaccine, and they see no chance getting through Chinese bureaucracy for such a politicised deal?
- grezql 6y ago
  "yes you can sell here, we only need to know the ingredients and know-how of this vaccine to approve its safety"
  - bzb6 6y ago
    Isn’t it like that in the rest of the world?
    - frockington1 6y ago
      Yes, but without blatant copyright and patent infringement
    - dicomdan 6y ago
      Not really, China is notorious for IP infringements.
      - entropea 6y ago
        Imagine the world helping to develop a vaccine to help all of society being open source and made up capitalist fantasy free.
  - FooBarWidget 6y ago
    The requirement of forming joint ventures has been dropped since 2014. The 'forced tech transfer' rhetoric has been out of date since the first day of the trade war.
    - coolspot 6y ago
      This page says any manufacturing except electric automobiles and airplanes is subject to 50% requirement as of 2018: https://www.mondaq.com/china/export-controls-trade-investment-sanctions/694396/china-to-relax-joint-venture-requirements-for-manufacturing https://www.mondaq.com/china/export-controls-trade-investmen...
  - stjohnswarts 6y ago
    Don't worry they already have it in hand and analyzing it I would be willing to bet.
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refurb 6y ago
China has its' own regulatory requirements which typically (I don't know in this case if China is asking for it) requires a specific trial in an Asian population in order to get approval. I'm assuming that China is probably not waiving that requirement since they have their own vaccines.
unown 6y ago
Perhaps because the Chinese company "Fosun Pharmaceutical", as the other sponsor[1] of this vaccine, is the one which has the right to distribute it in China? [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNT162b2#Funding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNT162b2#Funding
bigpumpkin 6y ago
Pfizer will start another smaller trial in China to generate local safety data, which will be combined with its global data as it seeks regulatory approval in china. [1] [1]: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3110042/coronavirus-china-approves-clinical-trial-german-vaccine https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3110042/coro...
stjohnswarts 6y ago
China is making their own vaccines.

Because China already has a "national" vaccine, and they see no chance getting through Chinese bureaucracy for such a politicised deal?

grezql 6y ago
"yes you can sell here, we only need to know the ingredients and know-how of this vaccine to approve its safety"
- bzb6 6y ago
  Isn’t it like that in the rest of the world?
  - frockington1 6y ago
    Yes, but without blatant copyright and patent infringement
  - dicomdan 6y ago
    Not really, China is notorious for IP infringements.
    - entropea 6y ago
      Imagine the world helping to develop a vaccine to help all of society being open source and made up capitalist fantasy free.
- FooBarWidget 6y ago
  The requirement of forming joint ventures has been dropped since 2014. The 'forced tech transfer' rhetoric has been out of date since the first day of the trade war.
  - coolspot 6y ago
    This page says any manufacturing except electric automobiles and airplanes is subject to 50% requirement as of 2018: https://www.mondaq.com/china/export-controls-trade-investment-sanctions/694396/china-to-relax-joint-venture-requirements-for-manufacturing https://www.mondaq.com/china/export-controls-trade-investmen...
- stjohnswarts 6y ago
  Don't worry they already have it in hand and analyzing it I would be willing to bet.

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refurb 6y ago

China has its' own regulatory requirements which typically (I don't know in this case if China is asking for it) requires a specific trial in an Asian population in order to get approval. I'm assuming that China is probably not waiving that requirement since they have their own vaccines.

unown 6y ago

Perhaps because the Chinese company "Fosun Pharmaceutical", as the other sponsor[1] of this vaccine, is the one which has the right to distribute it in China? [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNT162b2#Funding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNT162b2#Funding

bigpumpkin 6y ago

Pfizer will start another smaller trial in China to generate local safety data, which will be combined with its global data as it seeks regulatory approval in china. [1] [1]: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3110042/coronavirus-china-approves-clinical-trial-german-vaccine https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3110042/coro...

stjohnswarts 6y ago

China is making their own vaccines.