At the same time, Pharmaniaga was supposed to begin supplying vaccines to private clinics by Aug 1. This led PAC chairman Wong Kah Woh to ask the minister whether it was possible to make up for the difference by ordering more vaccines directly from Sinovac. Overall, the PAC’s opinion was that the government should have stuck with the initially agreed upon price. Another issue highlighted by the PAC was the high price of the Sinovac vaccines in the private vaccine market. The government had allowed Pharmaniaga to sell Sinovac vaccines with a reasonable profit, although the price of RM130 per dose, or RM260 for two doses, as suggested by Pharmaniaga, was deemed too high by the PAC.

Source: The Edge Markets December 01, 2021 21:21 UTC