Tianjin CanSino to mass produce Ebola vaccine in China

14 October 2015

Privately-held China-based biotech firm Tianjin CanSino Biotechnology has started construction of an industry base to produce a vaccine against Ebola virus developed by Chinese military scientists in the Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area, according to company sources reported by the state news agency Xinhua today.

Investment into the base totals 2 billion renminbi (~$317 million) and construction will be complete in September, 2018. The base also produces other vaccines against pneumonia, meningitis and tuberculosis. Annual production is around 200 million vaccines.

Developed by a team of biotech experts with the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences, the Ebola vaccine is based on the 2014 mutant gene type and in the form of freeze-dried powder, which can remain stable for at least two weeks in temperatures of up to 37 degrees Celsius.

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