GSK & JSC Binnopharm enter vaccine production alliance in Russia

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and JSC Binnopharm announced an alliance to enable the local secondary manufacture of a number of GSK vaccines in Russia. The agreement was signed in Moscow during the session of the Russian-British Intergovernmental Steering Committee (ISC) for Trade and Investment.

Under this alliance, GSK will supply bulk vaccine and provide technology and expertise to enable Binnopharm to undertake the secondary manufacture, including filling and packaging of a number of innovative GSK vaccines in accordance with international current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) standards. Binnopharm will be responsible for gaining approval of their facilities to allow supply of GSK cervical cancer, rotavirus and pneumococcal vaccines under Binnopharm's trademark for the Russian public market.

The local manufacture of these vaccines should help Russia to modernise its National Immunisation Calendar in the future, adding additional vaccination against highly prevalent infections such as Human Papillomavirus (HPV), rotavirus and Streptococcus pneumoniae.

GSK will book sales of the bulk vaccine supplied to Binnopharm through this alliance. No further financial details of the agreement have been disclosed.