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Brazilian state to test Russia's vaccine, eyes buying 50 million doses
The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase III clinical trials of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 and plans to buy 50 million doses to market in Brazil, officials have said.
Russia will sell up to 50 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, known as Sputnik-V, to Brazil's Bahia State, RDIF said in a statement
Governor Rui Costa said an agreement was signed this week to undertake the trials and Bahia will receive an initial 500 doses as soon as Brazil's health regulator Anvisa approves the protocol for testing.Share your views at editor.newsflash@gmail.com
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A Phase III trial is a large-scale one involving thousands of people - in Russia, 40,000 - over a longer stretch of time.
If the trials that are expected to start in October are successful, Bahia will look to market the Russian vaccine in Brazil through its pharmaceutical research center Bahiafarma, said Fabio Vilas-Boas Pinto, Bahia state Health Secretary.
Brazil is the world's third-hardest-hit country by coronavirus, with more than million confirmed cases.
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