Pfizer partners with SA firm for African vaccine production

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US giant, Pfizer, has signed an agreement with Biovac, a Cape Town-based biopharmaceutical firm, to establish a plant in that country which, when fully operational, will produce 100 million COVID-19 doses annually exclusively for Africa.

Biovac is a private public partnership between the Biovac Consortium and South Africa’s Department of Health.

In a statement this afternoon, officials from Pfizer and its German partner in the vaccines, BioNTech, said manufacturing of finished doses was expected to begin next year. Biovac’s Cape Town facility will be incorporated into the vaccine supply chain by the end of 2021 and Biovac will obtain drug substance from facilities in Europe.

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Pfizer partners with SA firm for African vaccine production

US giant, Pfizer, has signed an agreement with Biovac, a Cape Town-based biopharmaceutical firm, to establish a plant in that country which, when fully operational, will produce 100 million COVID-19 doses annually exclusively for Africa.

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