Hugo Sigman clarified that the Oxford vaccine is being distributed …

Amid the speculations that have been poured out in recent hours on the vaccines against coronavirus, and its possible effectiveness or not, the owner of Grupo Insud, to which the laboratory belongs mAbxience, clarified from his Twitter account that if the formula in which his laboratory works is not approved by the ANMAT the vaccine will be destroyed. “We are convinced that the tests will be successful and we are proud to be part of this project”, advancement. He also said the distribution was in the hands of AstraZeneca and that the agreed value is $ 4.

“AstraZeneca will distribute the vaccine equitably in Latin America (except Brazil, which has a separate agreement). The committed price is $ 4, significantly less than vaccines from other companies, ”Hugo Sigman said from his account.

As confirmed by the businessman, the laboratory of his property will be in charge of manufacturing the active ingredient of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. But once finished, it will be sent to Mexico and the Liomont laboratory will take care of the fractionation and packaging.

“In other words, it’s AstraZeneca that sells the vaccine. Neither Mabxience nor Liomont can sell the vaccine, neither to governments nor to individuals, ”said the businessman.

Sigman added that AstraZeneca has ordered Mabxience for a minimum of 150 million doses and a maximum of 250 million doses, depending on the vaccine approved by the corresponding health agencies, including ANMAT.

“So far, none of the clinical studies of vaccines under development in different countries have been completed, not AstraZeneca or any other. The Slim Foundation has generously pledged to fund the first 30 million doses of vaccine at risk, which means that if the tests fail, the vaccines will be destroyed, ”said the businessman, adding that his laboratory had interrupted its usual production to devote its factory entirely to the production of the vaccine.