The Deputy Health Minister told the Dewan Rakyat that the research into Covid-19 vaccines at the IMR covers two types of vaccine technology, namely inactivated virus and mRNA.
"Vaccines at the IMR will be developed 100% by local experts who consist of researchers from Universiti Putra Malaysia and the Veterinary Research Institute ," he told Datuk Mohd Salim Sharif during Question Time on Thursday . Aaron Ago also noted that the inactivated virus vaccine is already at the inactivation stage while the mRNA vaccine is undergoing in vitro transcription.
"Production of the Covid-19 vaccine will take some time to achieve the required safety and effectiveness through the third phase of clinical studies, as well as approval from the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency , before it can be used by the public," he said. He added that Covid-19 vaccine research was a new field and will only be accessible by Malaysia after the pre-clinical study on animal and clinical human studies shows it is safe and effective.
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