Siam Bioscience to produce Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for ASEAN

Thai company receives tech transfer from AstraZeneca for launch by mid-2021

COVID vaccine

Siam Bioscience will set up production facilities for a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford. © Reuters

APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- Thai biopharmaceutical company Siam Bioscience has signed an agreement to partner with U.K.-based drug major AstraZeneca to produce and supply potential COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222, developed by the University of Oxford, for Thailand and Southeast Asian countries.

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