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EXHIBIT 10.10
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This is an Exhibit to the Form 20-F of Sinovac Biotech
Ltd.
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Attached find the following materials:
Cooperation Agreement on the
Research and Development of Avian Flu Vaccine
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for Human Use entered into between the Company and
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the Center for Disease Control & Prevention of China,
effective
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December 15, 2004
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(Translation)
Cooperation Agreement on the research and development
of avian flu vaccine for human use between
Sinovac Biotech Co. Ltd and the
Center for Disease Control & Prevention of China
Article I: Purpose of cooperation and name of Project
The research and development of avian flu vaccine
for human use is an important
component of China's flu
prevention and cure system. Incorporating the
research
and development of the vaccine into the total framework of China's disease
control and prevention will
help increase the efficiency of its performance. In
order to complement
each other with their
own resources,
and to successfully
produce an avian flu vaccine
for human use in the shortest possible time to meet
the state's needs in the
prevention and cure of the flu, Sinovac Biotech Co. Ltd
(Sinovac) and the Center for Disease
Control and
Prevention
of China (CDC),
through friendly
consultations, have
agreed to cooperate with each other in the
research and development of
the avian flu vaccine for human use.
Article II: The Cooperating Parties
Sinovac Biotech Co. Ltd is a Company that specializes in the research,
development, production and sale of vaccines for human use. Its mission is
to
provide vaccines for human beings to
eliminate diseases.
Since its
inception,
the Company has successfully
developed the hepatitis A vaccine inactivated; the
combined vaccine for hepatitis A and B; the
flu splitting vaccine
and the SARS
vaccine inactivated, etc. It
has rich experience in the research and development
of vaccines as well as a team
of professional technicians.
The Center for Disease
Control and
Prevention of China is
a Government
public
service agency responsible for the implementation of national disease
control
and prevention, as well as the management of public health services and
technology. Its mission is to create a healthy
environment,
maintain social
stability, safeguard the security of the
state and to promote the health of the
people through the prevention and control of diseases, deformities and
impairments. Its aim is to rely on scientific
research based on the
ability of
its personnel, concentrating
on disease control.
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Article III. Research & Division of Duties
1. CDC will monitor
and assess all future flu information and will embark on
sustained study of
molecular epidemiology
on prevalent virus strains to
promptly identify the strains that may lead to the flu
epidemic.
2. CDC will guide
the planning of the research and development of the
avian
flu
vaccine for human use and will participate
