CEO of China’s Sinovac, which aims to sell coronavirus vaccine globally, paid bribes for other vaccine approvals, documents show https://t.co/5JxyDIsS5d

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 4, 2020

As China nears a coronavirus vaccine, bribery cloud hangs over drugmaker Sinovac https://t.co/WWJbOuHjG6

— Yörük Işık (@YorukIsik) December 4, 2020

Sinovac Biotech is good at getting its products to market. It was first to begin trials of a SARS vaccine in2003 & first to bring a swine flu vaccine to consumers in2009.⁰Its CEO was also bribing China’s drug regulator for vaccine approvals during that time, court records show.

— Yörük Işık (@YorukIsik) December 4, 2020

Sinovac has acknowledged the bribery case involving its CEO, saying in regulatory filings that he cooperated with prosecutors and was not charged. The CEO said in testimony he could not refuse demands for money from a regulatory official.

— Yörük Işık (@YorukIsik) December 4, 2020

Yin admitted the illegal conduct to PRC law enforcement, as disclosed in the two written judgments issued by Beijing No.1 Intermediate People’s Court: the Criminal Judgment on Guo’s Acceptance of Bribes & the Criminal Judgment on Hongzhang Yin’s Acceptance of Bribes, respectively

— Yörük Işık (@YorukIsik) December 4, 2020

China's Sinovac, manufacturer of one of the Covid-19 vaccines on Phase 3 trials have a long history of bribery to regulators, officials & hospital employees. https://t.co/XnKhNgXwhK

— yoong (@yoongkhean) December 4, 2020

“The fact that[Sinovac]has a history of bribery casts a long shadow of doubt over its unpublished,non-peer-reviewed data claims abt its vaccine..Even in a plague,a company w a morally dubious track record has to be treated w great caution conc.its claims.” https://t.co/MPlnsMhrtU

— Sari Arho Havrén (@SariArhoHavren) December 4, 2020

China-based pharma company's history of bribing drug regulators raises concerns about the quality of its COVID-19 vaccine https://t.co/yYQvDFGl2w

— Scott Moritz FTI Consulting (@FraudStrategist) December 4, 2020

The CEO of China coronavirus vaccine maker Sinovac bribed a drug regulatory official for 9 years for vaccine approvals, court records show. A look at the intertwined interests involved in Sinovac’s rise to prominence. https://t.co/VEseGnE5tf

— Eva Dou (@evadou) December 4, 2020

We counted 20 government officials and hospital administrators in five provinces admitting in Chinese court to taking bribes from Sinovac employees between 2008 and 2016.

— Eva Dou (@evadou) December 4, 2020