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It is quite a big deal, if we look at the past, african countries together with other regional bodies such as the africa cdc and who has been asking countries that have been able to develop covid—19 vaccines to share the technical know—how so that countries that have pharmaceutical companies that are able to do so would be able to produce clothing 19 vaccines and this will mean that we would reduce the logistical cost, and i would not happen, we have seen the example that afrigen has after the example that afrigen has after the who and also through moderna both —— there. i've asked mod...
A vaccine that's similar to moderna's. it would only cost a fraction of the price. we have a target which is around $2. we cannot tell yet whether we can get to that, but we're certainly working towards a target. i think it's absolutely essential that this continent establish its own end—to—end vaccine manufacturing capacity and capability. this laboratory is part of an information hub set up by the world health organisation to share information about vaccines, but drug companies like moderna have refused to take part. and that means the cheaper south african vaccine could be delayed by up...
Little progress has been made on waiving global patents on COVID-19 vaccines or knowledge transfer. While BioNTech is planning to bring container-sized plants to Africa, South African biotech company Afrigen is now developing its own mRNA vaccine.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's efforts to produce vaccines are key to helping the...