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Made-in-Vietnam vaccines can be exported: WHO

Xinhua, April 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

Vaccines produced in Vietnam are eligible for export, according to specialists from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Vietnam had met international vaccine-management standards so vaccines it produced could be exported to other countries, local Vietnam News daily reported Wednesday, quoting WHO specialists' assessment made at a recent review of the National Regulatory Authorities (NRA).

The assessment was made by 14 WHO specialists over one week on the NRA system's critical control functions. These include a set of requirements for licensing, surveillance of vaccine performance in the field, regular inspections for good manufacturing practice and evaluation of clinical performance.

Vietnam will likely become one of the world's leading vaccine producers in 20 or 30 years, said the specialists, adding that Vietnam is among 39 countries that meet WHO's strict vaccine standards.

According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MOH), the country started a program to build up a NRA for vaccines in 2001 and accelerated preparations in May 2013, with the active participation of four agencies under MOH. These are the Drug Administration, the Agency of Science, Technology and Training, the General Department of Preventive Medicine and the National Institute for Control of Vaccine and Biologicals.

Vietnam is expected to produce 6-in-1 vaccine by 2018 to overcome the shortage, and it will also soon be able to export vaccine against measles, reported the ministry. Endi