MANILA, Philippines — Philippine authorities are looking to finalize negotiations with Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech this week for a possible supply agreement of its coronavirus vaccine in the country.
COVID-19 policy chief implementer and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez, Jr. said their meeting with Sinovac representatives last Friday was “very substantial.” He said that he has conveyed the country’s need for 25 million doses of Sinovac vaccines for 2021.
“We want to finalize this week [the] negotiations so that we can firm up the head of terms and also we are looking at the exact time of the distribution,” Galvez said in a televised press briefing Monday.
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