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). Panflu^TM, 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
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Media:
Janine McCargo
The Ruth Group
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Email:  jmccargo@theruthgroup.com

About SINOVAC

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (SINOVAC) is a China-based biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the R&D, manufacturing, and commercialization of biomedical products that protect against human diseases.

SINOVAC's product portfolio includes vaccines against COVID-19, enterovirus 71 (EV71) infected hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), hepatitis A, varicella, influenza, poliomyelitis, pneumococcal disease, mumps, etc.

The COVID-19 vaccine, CoronaVac^®, has been approved for use in more than 60 countries and regions worldwide. The hepatitis A vaccine, Healive^®, passed WHO prequalification requirements in 2017. The EV71 vaccine, Inlive^®, is an innovative vaccine under "Category 1 Preventative Biological Products" and commercialized in China in 2016. In 2022, SINOVAC's Sabin-strain inactivated polio vaccine (sIPV) and varicella vaccine were prequalified by the WHO.

SINOVAC was the first company to be granted approval for its H1N1 influenza vaccine Panflu.1^®, which has supplied 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 continually dedicates itself to pipeline development including but not limited to new technology, new vaccines as well as other biomedical products. We will constantly explore global opportunities of strategic expansion.

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

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