Wall Street Journal: Brazil Suspends Trials of China’s Sinovac Coronavirus Vaccine
“Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa said Monday it has suspended clinical trials of China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, long expected to be one of the first to be approved in the country, following a ‘severe adverse event.’ Anvisa said late Monday that the event occurred on Oct. 29, without giving further information or an explanation of why it took more than a week to communicate the problem. Brazil’s Butantan Institute, the research center in São Paulo that has been developing the vaccine in partnership with Sinovac, a private Chinese company, said that it was surprised by Anvisa’s decision. It said it was investigating and would hold a press conference Tuesday morning…” (Pearson, 11/10).

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