<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (July 1): Nova Pharma Solutions Bhd (KL:NPS) has secured a contract from the National Institute of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM) to undertake equipment procurement and facility upgrade for NBIM’s national vaccine production development and enhancement programme.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Nova Pharma, an engineering company specialising in pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, said the project will take place at the Malaysia Genome &amp; Vaccine Institute, located within NIBM's premises in Kajang.&nbsp;</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The company did not state the value of the contract in its exchange filing, but said it intends to carry out the project via internally generated funds and bank borrowings.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“The project will not have any effect on the share capital and shareholding structure of the company. The project is expected to contribute positively to earnings and net assets per share of Nova Pharma from the financial year ending Dec 31, 2024, until the completion of the project,” it added.&nbsp;</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Nova Pharma' shares last traded at 22.5 sen on March 25, giving the company a market capitalisation of RM33.53 million.</p></div>


Nova Pharma Solutions Bhd (KL:NPS) has secured a contract from the National Institute of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM) to undertake equipment procurement and facility upgrade  for NBIM’s national vaccine production development and enhancement programme.

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<p>Japan's Nikkei share average reversed early losses to end higher on Wednesday, driven by gains in the auto sector although trade was dominated by retail investors, who bought back cheap stocks in muted trade with many global markets closed for the holidays.</p>


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<p>Japan's Nippon Steel is seeing support for its proposal to acquire US Steel in the regions of the US where steel mills are located, Nippon Steel's President Tadashi Imai told reporters on Wednesday.</p>
