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by superfx 2040 days ago
Anyone know why China is not on the list of countries in which Pfizer is seeking regulatory approval?
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Perhaps because the Chinese company "Fosun Pharmaceutical", as the other sponsor[1] of this vaccine, is the one which has the right to distribute it in China?

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNT162b2#Funding

Pfizer will start another smaller trial in China to generate local safety data, which will be combined with its global data as it seeks regulatory approval in china. [1]

[1]: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3110042/coro...

China has its' own regulatory requirements which typically (I don't know in this case if China is asking for it) requires a specific trial in an Asian population in order to get approval.

I'm assuming that China is probably not waiving that requirement since they have their own vaccines.

China is making their own vaccines.
Because China already has a "national" vaccine, and they see no chance getting through Chinese bureaucracy for such a politicised deal?
"yes you can sell here, we only need to know the ingredients and know-how of this vaccine to approve its safety"
The requirement of forming joint ventures has been dropped since 2014. The 'forced tech transfer' rhetoric has been out of date since the first day of the trade war.
This page says any manufacturing except electric automobiles and airplanes is subject to 50% requirement as of 2018:

https://www.mondaq.com/china/export-controls-trade-investmen...

Isn’t it like that in the rest of the world?
Not really, China is notorious for IP infringements.
Imagine the world helping to develop a vaccine to help all of society being open source and made up capitalist fantasy free.
Don't worry they already have it in hand and analyzing it I would be willing to bet.