Malaysian pharmaceutical firm Duopharma will supply the government with 6.4 million doses of Gamaleya's Sputnik V vaccine in stages from March, the health ministry said in a statement. Malaysia Pharmaniaga Berhad will supply 12 million doses of Sinovac's vaccine from April, the ministry said. A health ministry official said the purchase of 12 million doses was based on the termsheet between the government and Pharmaniaga. Pharmaniaga did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the status of the remaining 2 million doses. The Southeast Asian nation has also procured coronavirus vaccines from American and German drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech, as well as British-Swedish biopharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca PLC.

Source: bd News24 January 26, 2021 10:52 UTC