snoop1130 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Thai regulator approves AstraZenca vaccine for emergency use: sources By Panarat Thepgumpanat FILE PHOTO: A health worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Appleton Village Pharmacy, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Widnes, Britain, January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use approval for the COVID-19 vaccine of AstraZeneca Plc, three health ministry sources said on Thursday. Thailand is set to import 200,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with the first 50,000 doses expected to arrive next month, Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday. The three senior ministry sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to media, said the regulator had approved the AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday, applicable for a period of one year. One of the sources said approval applied only to doses manufactured overseas. Thailand has signed a deal with AstraZeneca to produce 26 million doses of its vaccine locally through the firm Siam Bioscience. Thailand's FDA has so far received registration requests for vaccines from AstraZeneca and China's Sinovac Biotech. It hopes to secure 63 million doses altogether and has so far ordered 2 million doses of that made by China's Sinovac Biotech. The approval comes as Thailand tries to contain its biggest coronavirus outbreak yet, which has seen cases triple in the pasty five weeks, albeit from a low base. It reported 142 new infections on Thursday, taking the total to 12,795, with 71 deaths. Bangkok authorities said on Thursday some business activities would be allowed to resume, in response to declining coronavirus infections in the capital after curbs were imposed. Thirteen types of businesses including gyms, traditional massage services, sport facilities and bowling alley can reopen from Friday, but with strict health protocols. Schools, daycare centres and bars will remain closed. A spokesman for the city government said Bangkok had received at the most 49 COVID-19 new daily patients and that number was now down to about 10. "We have rapidly controlled the situation during this one month," spokesman Pongsakorn Kwanmuang said. -- © Copyright Reuters 2021-01-21 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 5 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: One of the sources said approval applied only to doses manufactured overseas thais being thais will never be able to keep this straight 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upnotover Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 19 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: The three senior ministry sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to media So why did they? On any subject they just can't keep their mouths shut. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkk Brian Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 16 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: One of the sources said approval applied only to doses manufactured overseas. May be they went cap in hand to India who are already mass producing AZ's vaccine and shipping it abroad, its a pity its taking so long to produce here, not till middle of this year but what do you expect from a company that has never produced a vaccine before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post internationalism Posted January 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2021 (edited) The previous 61mln were bought for $7.7 per shot, with market value of same vax in the EU $2.7. This time no figure was quoted. Smells of another, bigger corruption. this vaccine, as well as sinovac vaccine (associated with thai conglomerate), it's going to make several billionaires even richer Edited January 21, 2021 by internationalism 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Rodriguez Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 give it to all politicians & wealthy elite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Srikcir Posted January 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2021 Supply by Siam Bioscience... In 2018 ranked 6th out of top 10 pharma companies in Thailand. Among top 5: Pfizer GSK MSD Novartis Roche https://pharmaboardroom.com/facts/top-10-pharma-companies-in-thailand-2018/ Seems to be a sufficient field of competent & qualified competitors to bid on the government's supply of A-Z as normally required by Thailand procurement laws. But I see no mention of any bidding or solicitation process (even if there was only 1 bidder). Perhaps clarification is needed to assure the Thai taxpayers that the government is making cost-effective purchases of the Covid-19 vaccines in a time of a very "delicate" economy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 16 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The three senior ministry sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to media, said the regulator had approved the AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday, applicable for a period of one year. So much for transparency.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmatix Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Srikcir said: Supply by Siam Bioscience... In 2018 ranked 6th out of top 10 pharma companies in Thailand. Among top 5: Pfizer GSK MSD Novartis Roche https://pharmaboardroom.com/facts/top-10-pharma-companies-in-thailand-2018/ Seems to be a sufficient field of competent & qualified competitors to bid on the government's supply of A-Z as normally required by Thailand procurement laws. But I see no mention of any bidding or solicitation process (even if there was only 1 bidder). Perhaps clarification is needed to assure the Thai taxpayers that the government is making cost-effective purchases of the Covid-19 vaccines in a time of a very "delicate" economy. The way of getting clarification would be, if this issue becomes more controversial with the entry of Thanathorn into the arena. The Thai government is not accountable but AZ is a UK listed company and any unpleasantness could encourage activists to pop up with embarrassing questions about the selection process in the next shareholders meeting. Interestingly Thai press releases published overseas last year emphasized the ‘not for profit’ nature of the deal. It was not explained why the government would want to provide financial assistance to a ‘not for profit’ venture that planned to export 87% of its production but perhaps what was meant was that the sales to Thailand would be ‘not for profit’. Siam Cement was also said to be involved then but no further mention of it now. One interesting point made in a VOA article last year was that Thai regulators made approval partly dependent the percentage of local production. That implies lack of efficiency just like the local content rules in the auto industry. Probably the most efficient and safest mode of local production in Thailand would be to import the vaccine in bulk and merely bottle it here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotsak Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Global Vaccine tracker.. https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2020/3/covid-19-vaccine-tracker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 FDA approves COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use BANGKOK (NNT) - The FDA Secretary General Paisal Dunkhum, said today the FDA had approved the registration of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca in Italy, after the company had sent nearly 10,000 pages of documents for registration in Thailand for approved use during the state of emergency since December 22, 2020. Efficacy, quality and safety of the vaccine was considered by the FDA. He added that the first delivery of vaccine from AstraZeneca is due in February, consisting of 50,000 doses. The import license lasts one year. When the vaccine arrives in Thailand, the Department of Medical Sciences will conduct a random inspection of the vaccine to determine its quality before providing it to people. More deliveries, numbering 150,000 doses of vaccine in total, will follow in March and April, he said. As for the production of the COVID-19 vaccine by AstraZeneca and Siam Bioscience, he said registration of a production facility in Thailand will allow it to become effective in Thailand in May. -- © Copyright NNT 2021-01-25 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bkk Brian Posted January 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2021 50,000 doses followed by 150,000 in March/April. Pitiful amounts of the most important remedy to get Thailand out of this mess. Instead of hanging their heads in shame the generals buckle down and throw 112 charges against anyone who questions them. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Srikcir Posted January 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2021 Will the government waive the seemingly typical 40% customs import tax, VAT, etc. on imported covid-19 vaccines? Shouldn't the government place price controls on private sale of covid-19 injected vaccines to assure no price gouging during the pandemic? The government needs to demonstrate social equality. A factor seemingly lacking or deteriorating during the Prayut regime. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zyphodb Posted January 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2021 Waved through without a second thought I'd say, Oh look at all the paperwork, must be great. Can you imagine anyone here reading through 10,000 pages of paperwork, probably in English? 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post internationalism Posted January 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) great news, but still no price quoted for those imported. Looks, like they are not part of 26mln batch, already contracted, but which would be made in thailand. Those 200k doses are only for less than 100k front line medical workers, far behind needs. Thai health service employs hundreds of thousands staff which is direct contact with patients, from doctors, nurses, to support medics, paramedics, down to ward cleaners. I have thought that astrazeneca is already running production line in thailand since december - that was stated by the government. Just that process takes 6 months before being delivered. But now it looks like production will start later on, is not even registered yet. That makes me doubt that vax will be ready for May. Knowing thai government blunders I do suspect delay. That is, if astrazeneca is going to proceed in thailand, and not to move to some other country - they have indicated it the last week. That would be disaster for the government and for health service. At the same time Birma has already 1.8mln and Cambodia 300k vax coming within weeks. They have asked their billionaires to chip in to fund and collected tens millions of $. Thai billionaires were asked by the junta to help with covid crises, but they just replied they love just the same. Malaysian queen was funding for months and personally cooking thousands of meals daily to be given to medics, more to show her spirit, support, commitment than feeding. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/the-politics-at-play-in-regional-vaccine-rush Edited January 25, 2021 by internationalism 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potless Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 3 hours ago, zyphodb said: Can you imagine anyone here reading through 10,000 pages of paperwork, probably in English? Subsequently translated into Thai, thus becoming 20,000 pages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyphodb Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 3 hours ago, potless said: Subsequently translated into Thai, thus becoming 20,000 pages. Can you imagine the google translate version lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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