Vietnam makes test batch of Sputnik V jab

[reader]

From Channel News Asia

MOSCOW: Russia announced on Wednesday (Jul 21) that a batch of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine was produced for the first time in Vietnam, which is battling a new wave of COVID-19 infections.

The test batch was produced in partnership with Vietnam's state-owned pharmaceutical company Vabiotech, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which financially backed Sputnik V, said in a statement.

The first samples from the batch will be shipped to the vaccine's developer - the Gamaleya Centre in Moscow - for quality control, the RDIF added.

"RDIF and Vabiotech are actively cooperating in the technology transfer process to provide easier access to Sputnik V for the population of Vietnam," the fund's CEO Kirill Dmitriyev said in the statement.

The president of Vabiotech, Dat Tuan Do, welcomed the announcement saying it "will help provide quality and affordable" vaccines to Vietnam and other countries in the region.

Vietnam has recently faced a surge in new infections with the government putting about a third of the country's 100 million people under stay-at-home orders to contain the outbreak.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/vietnam-produce-russia-sputnik-v-covid-19-vaccines-first-batch-15262020

[floridarob]

Is supposed to be a great vaccine and longer lasting than the others. Something about having used all the spikes on the corona virus instead of only 1, like Moderna and Pfizer used...

[Guest]

1 hour ago, floridarob said:

Is supposed to be a great vaccine and longer lasting than the others. Something about having used all the spikes on the corona virus instead of only 1, like Moderna and Pfizer used...

I've seen claims that the Sputnik adenovirus vaccine is better than the other 2 adenovirus examples (Astra Zeneca & J&J) as it uses two different adenovirus vectors as a basis, rather than one as with the Astra Zeneca.   Apparently the immune system can develop immunity to the basic adenovirus, whereas if they lash the covid spike onto 2 different adenoviruses, that is better.     All very difficult to understand.    

If anyone knows of a very good source that explains all these things, please share it.

Not clear if the side effect is blood clots, like the AZN and J&J vaccines.    I'm sure we can rely on the free press in Russia to report these things

 

 

[TMax]

Apparently the two shots of Sputnik each use a different adenovirus (as pointed out by z909), it looks promising and I would much rather have that than the sinovac as it appears to be so much better. 

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Each of the two doses uses a different type of adenovirus: first dose with type-26 (Ad26), then a booster dose with type-5 (Ad5). The purpose of using two different types is to lower the possibility of the body developing antibodies against the adenovirus after the first dose, which could make the second dose ineffective.

Seems the side effects are similar to all the others too. 

Medical news on Sputnik V

[spoon]

Sputnik is still not approved by WHO although they expect approval by october. I wonder why it took too long to get approval when the trial efficicay is very high.

[Guest]

4 hours ago, spoon said:

Sputnik is still not approved by WHO although they expect approval by october. I wonder why it took too long to get approval when the trial efficicay is very high.

The link posted by TMax refers to "An article published in The LancetTrusted Source on May 12 also points out that the reporting of interim phase 3 trial data for Sputnik V is inadequate and riddled with inconsistencies."