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Sinovac to Present at 2009 UBS Global Life Sciences Conference

2009-09-16
BEIJING, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NYSE: SVA ), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today that Mr. Weidong Yin, Chairman, President & CEO, will present at the 2009 UBS Global Life Sciences Conference in New York City. The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 9 a.m. Eastern time.
A live webcast of the presentation will be available online on the Investor Relations home page of the Sinovac's corporate Web site at http://www.sinovac.com .
About Sinovac
Sinovac Biotech Ltd. is a China-based biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the research, development, manufacture and commercialization of vaccines that protect against human infectious diseases. Sinovac's vaccine products include Healive® (hepatitis A), Bilive® (combined hepatitis A and B), and Anflu® (influenza). PanfluTM, Sinovac's pandemic influenza vaccine (H5N1), has already been approved for government stockpiling. Sinovac is developing vaccines for enterovirus 71, universal pandemic influenza, Japanese encephalitis, and human rabies. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Tangshan Yian, is conducting field trials for independently developed inactivated animal rabies vaccines.
    For more information, please contact:
Helen G. Yang
Sinovac Biotech Ltd.
Tel:   +86-10-8289-0088 x9871
Fax:   +86-10-6296-6910
Email: info@sinovac.com
Investors:
Amy Glynn/Sara Pellegrino
The Ruth Group
Tel:   +1-646-536-7023/7002
Email: aglynn@theruthgroup.com
spellegrino@theruthgroup.com
Media:
Janine McCargo
The Ruth Group
Tel:    +1-646-536-7033
Email:  jmccargo@theruthgroup.com

About SINOVAC

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (SINOVAC) is a China-based biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the research, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of vaccines that protect against human infectious diseases.


SINOVAC's product portfolio includes vaccines against COVID-19, enterovirus 71 (EV71) infected Hand-Foot-Mouth disease (HFMD), hepatitis A and B, seasonal influenza, pneumococcal disease, H5N1 pandemic influenza (avian flu), H1N1 influenza (swine flu), varicella, mumps, and poliomyelitis.


SINOVAC's COVID-19 vaccine, CoronaVac®, has been approved for use in more than 60 countries and regions worldwide. The Healive®, a hepatitis A vaccine manufactured by the Company, passed the assessment under WHO prequalification procedures in 2017. The EV71 vaccine, Inlive®, is an innovative vaccine, that was commercialized in China in 2016. In 2022, SINOVAC's Sabin-strain inactivated polio vaccine (sIPV) was prequalified by WHO.


SINOVAC was the first company that granted approval for its H1N1 influenza vaccine Panflu.1®, which has supplied to the Chinese Government's vaccination campaign and stockpiling program. The Company is also the only supplier of the H5N1 pandemic influenza vaccine, Panflu®, to the Chinese government stockpiling program.


SINOVAC has been continually dedicating itself to new vaccine research and development, with more combination vaccine products in the pipeline, and constantly exploring opportunities in the international market. SINOVAC looks forward to conducting more extensive and in-depth trade and cooperation with more countries, enterprises, and professional institutions.


For more information, please see the Company’s website at www.sinovac.com.


Contacts

Sinovac Biotech Ltd.

Helen Yang

+86-10-8279-9871 or

+86-10-5693-1897

Fax: +86-10-6296-6910

ir@sinovac.com


ICR Inc.

Bill Zima

U.S.: 1-646-308-1707

william.zima@icrinc.com