Articles from Sinovac Biotech Ltd.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ:SVA) ("SINOVAC" or the "Company"), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that its board of directors (the “Board”) has appointed Sven H. Borho, CFA, as director to the Board to fill in a vacancy created by a recent resignation. As a qualified audit committee financial expert under Nasdaq Rule 5605, Mr. Borho has also been elected as the Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ:SVA) ("SINOVAC" or the "Company"), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that SINOVAC has received on February 8, 2025 a formal court order (the “Order”) from the Privy Council following the previously announced Privy Council Judgment (the “Judgment”) which ruled, among others, that (i) the slate of nominees proposed by a group of shareholders at the 2018 Annual General Meeting was rightfully elected to the board of directors of SINOVAC and (ii) the Company’s Rights Agreement (also known as poison pill agreement) was invalid. Upon the receipt of the Order, SINOVAC has begun to implement the Judgment and the Order.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ:SVA) ("SINOVAC" or the "Company"), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London, England, has ruled that the slate of nominees proposed by a group of shareholders at the 2018 Annual General Meeting was the rightfully elected Board of SINOVAC. The Privy Council also ruled that the Company’s Rights Agreement is invalid. The ruling will take effect after entry of a court order expected within a week.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today kicked off the enrollment for a Phase III clinical trial on a vaccine candidate to prevent HFMD caused by both Enterovirus 71 (EV71) and Coxsackievirus 16 (CA16). Notably, no multivalent vaccines against HFMD have yet been approved for marketing worldwide.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today its unaudited financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2024.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, has filed its 2023 annual report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 2023. The annual report can be accessed on the Company's investor relations website at http://www.sinovac.com/en-us/Investors. The Company also reported its unaudited financial results for the second half and audited financial for the full year ended December 31, 2023.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (“Sinovac” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that its board of directors has amended its shareholder rights plan. The amendment extends the expiration date of the plan from February 22, 2024 to February 22, 2025.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today that its Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) unanimously determined that the partial tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) by Alternative Liquidity Index LP (“Alternative Liquidity”) to acquire up to 10,000,000 common shares of Sinovac (the “Shares”) for $0.03 per share in cash (the “Offer Price”) is NOT advisable and is NOT in the best interests of the Company or its shareholders (“Shareholders”). Accordingly, the Board of Directors recommends that the Shareholders reject the Tender Offer and not tender their Shares for purchase pursuant to the Offer to Purchase by Alternative Liquidity.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced that the Company has completed the phase I clinical trial for its broad-spectrum neutralizing antibody product, the Anti-COVID-19 Antibody SA55 Injection (“SA55 Injection”) in Beijing and has entered the phase II clinical trial in Shanghai after successfully enrolling its first participant recently.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today that its Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) unanimously determined that the partial tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) by Alternative Liquidity Index LP (“Alternative Liquidity”) to acquire up to 10,000,000 common shares of Sinovac (the “Shares”) for $0.03 per share in cash (the “Offer Price”) is NOT advisable and is NOT in the best interests of the Company or its shareholders (“Shareholders”). Accordingly, the Board of Directors recommends that the Shareholders reject the Tender Offer and not tender their Shares for purchase pursuant to the Offer to Purchase by Alternative Liquidity.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, confirmed today that it is aware of an unsolicited partial tender offer from Alternative Liquidity Index LP to purchase up to a maximum of 10,000,000 shares of the Company, representing approximately 10.05% of the Company’s outstanding shares, for $0.03 per share in cash.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today that the Company’s subsidiary, Sinovac Biotech Co., Ltd. (“Sinovac Beijing”), has changed its legal representative to Mr. Weidong Yin, the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today its unaudited financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2023.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. ("SINOVAC" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced it will provide its inactivated COVID-19 vaccine, CoronaVac® (original strains), to self-paying groups in Hong Kong. Additionally, the company will collaborate with local charity groups to provide donations, giving more children in Hong Kong access to free vaccines to protect against COVID-19.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, has filed its 2022 annual report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 2022. The Company also reported its unaudited financial for the second half and audited financial for full year ended December 31, 2022.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (“Sinovac” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that its board of directors has amended its shareholder rights plan. The amendment extends the expiration date of the plan from February 22, 2023 to February 22, 2024.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today its unaudited financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2022.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that it received prequalification from the World Health Organization (WHO) for its live attenuated varicella vaccine on November 3, 2022. This marks the first WHO prequalified Chinese varicella vaccine and the fourth SINOVAC vaccine to receive WHO approval.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced that the Company will participate in CPHI Frankfurt, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical exhibitions, from 1st to 3rd of November, in Frankfurt, Germany.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced that the Chilean Public Health Institute (Instituto de Salud Pública, ISP) approved a phase II clinical trial for its inactivated Omicron strain COVID-19 vaccine and trivalent COVID-19 vaccine (ancestral, Delta and Omicron variants) on August 31st. The clinical trial will evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of one booster dose of the two candidate vaccines in adults who had received two booster doses of CoronaVac®, mRNA, or adenovirus vector COVID-19 vaccine. This study is the world's first study researching multivalent inactivated COVID-19 vaccine.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced that based on related clinical trials and studies of vaccination for local children and adolescents, the Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China has approved the Company’s COVID-19 vaccine (CoronaVac), intended for children aged 6 months to 3 years.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced that a phase III clinical trial for SINOVAC’s inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine was initiated in the Republic of Chile through a collaboration with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PI Dr. Pablo González). Study results will provide scientific evidence to support SINOVAC’s influenza vaccine immunogenicity and protection capacity.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced that its COVID-19 vaccine (CoronaVac) has been approved by the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) for emergency use in children from 3 to 5 years old on 13 July. These children will receive the same dose that is already applied to minors aged 6 to 17 years and adults and there is no restriction on the application for immunosuppressed children aged 3 to 5 years.

A kick off ceremony was held at Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong (Gleneagles or GHK) for initiating a clinical trial to assess the safety and immunogenicity of the SINOVAC’s Omicron-specific COVID-19 inactivated vaccine used as a booster shot in healthy adults, in anticipation of providing scientific evidence for future immunization strategy. This study is led by a medical research team of the University of Hong Kong Clinical Trials Centre (HKU-CTC) in collaboration with Gleneagles.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) granted conditional registration to SINOVAC CoronaVac® in aged 18 and above adults, based on acceptable safety, quality, and efficacy data submitted. The vaccine is administered intramuscularly in two doses with a 14 to 28-day interval.

SINOVAC Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that it received the World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification for its Poliomyelitis Vaccine (Vero Cell, Inactivated Sabin strains) ("sIPV") on June 2, 2022. The vaccine will be available for United Nations (UN) agencies to purchase to support the global polio endgame strategy.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, is aware that the Company has been identified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act of the United States (the “HFCAA”) on May 4, 2022. Similar to other companies that have also been identified, SINOVAC notes such identification resulted from the Company’s filing of its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. SINOVAC has previously disclosed that its auditor, the independent registered public accounting firm that issued the audit report included in its annual report filed with the SEC, is in a jurisdiction currently listed as not being able to be fully inspected by the PCAOB, and thus the identification was expected. SINOVAC will continue to closely monitor developments and explore options in relation to the HFCAA.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, has filed its 2021 annual report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 2021. The Company also reported its unaudited financial for the second half and full year ended December 31, 2021.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (“Sinovac” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that its board of directors has amended its shareholder rights plan. The amendment extends the expiration date of the plan from February 22, 2022 to February 22, 2023.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today its unaudited financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2021.

SINOVAC Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) ("Sinovac" or the "Company"), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today provided an update for shareholders with regard to the exchange (the “Exchange”) of preferred share purchase rights (the “Rights”) for the Company’s Common Shares and Series B Convertible Preferred Shares (the “Exchange Shares”), originally announced via press release on February 22, 2019. At that time, Sinovac’s Board determined that certain collaborating shareholders had become acquiring persons, thereby triggering the Company’s Rights Agreement. As a result, valid preferred share purchase rights held by all non-collaborating shareholders were exchanged for common and preferred shares, per the terms of the Rights Agreement.

SINOVAC Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced the Company’s subsidiary SINOVAC Biotech Co., Ltd (“SINOVAC Beijing”) settled the litigation with Mr. Aihua Pan concerning its business license and seals.

SINOVAC Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced new preliminary data on its inactivated COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac®. The results from statistics analysis under blind status indicated that CoronaVac® is safe for healthy people of different races in the pediatric and adolescent population ranging from 3 to 17 years of age.

SINOVAC Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“Sinovac” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced a paper, titled “A third dose of inactivated vaccine augments the potency, breadth, and duration of anamnestic responses against SARS-CoV-2,” is available on medRxiv. The findings suggest a third dose of CoronaVac® can induce a better neutralization breadth to variants of concern (“VOCs”), including the Delta variant, a rapid immunological memory response, and a long-lasting humoral response. Having a third dose of inactivated COVID-19 vaccine is more effective for COVID-19 prevention.

SINOVAC Biotech Ltd. (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that CoronaVac®, an innovative, inactivated coronavirus vaccine developed by SINOVAC Life Sciences Co., Ltd. (“SINOVAC”), a subsidiary of the Company, received approval from the Public Health Institute of Chile (“ISP”) for emergency use for children and adolescents aged between 6 and 17.

SINOVAC Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“Sinovac” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today the publication of two papers, which are available on Medrxiv. The publications detail findings from clinical studies on the immunogenicity, safety, and immune response of CoronaVac® in two- and three-dose schedules. The results indicate that a third booster dose of CoronaVac® induces a strong immune response in healthy adults with no serious adverse reactions related to the vaccine. This research provides important scientific data and supplement existing research to help policymakers develop strategies for vaccine rollout and timing of booster doses.

SINOVAC Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced it received a drug registration approval from the National Medical Product Administration of China (“NMPA”) for its Sabin strain based inactivated polio vaccine (Vero cells) ("sIPV") on July 12, 2021. The vaccine is expected to be available on the market by the end of 2021. SINOVAC also submitted an application for prequalification (PQ) to the World Health Organization (“WHO”) in early 2020 and the WHO conducted its on-site inspection in February 2021.

SINOVAC Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“Sinovac” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today that it had signed an advance purchase agreement (APA) with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), which is on behalf of COVAX Facility, to provide up to 380 million doses of inactivated COVID-19 vaccine, CoronaVac®for distribution through the COVAX Facility.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“Sinovac” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced The Lancet Infectious Diseases published results from the Phase I/II clinical trials of an inactivated COVID-19 vaccine developed by SINOVAC, also known as CoronaVac®, in healthy children and adolescents aged 3-17 in China.

SINOVAC Biotech Ltd. (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that CoronaVac®, an innovative, inactivated coronavirus vaccine developed by SINOVAC Life Sciences Co., Ltd. (“SINOVAC”), a subsidiary of the Company, was approved for emergency use under the World Health Organization (“WHO”) Emergency Use Listing (“EUL”) procedure. Prior to this, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (“SAGE”) had recommended CoronaVac® for use in adults 18 years and older in a two-dose schedule with an interval of 2 to 4 weeks.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) (“Sinovac” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, has filed its 2020 annual report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 2020. The Company also reported its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2020.