AS BIG pharma companies like Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca plc edge closer to introducing potential Covid-19 vaccines, Bursa Malaysia’s pharma upstarts are positioning themselves for a piece of the Covid-19 vaccine market.

While local pharmaceutical companies, namely Pharmaniaga Bhd and Duopharma Biotech Bhd, are aiming at the “fill-and-finish” vaccine businesses for the Covid-19 vaccine, companies like Metronic Global Bhd, Ho Wah Genting Bhd, DKSH Holdings (M) Bhd, MSCM Holdings Bhd and Bintai Kinden Corp Bhd, among others, are seeking to benefit from the distribution opportunities.