All dressed up and nowhere to go: Aspen flop bodes ill for Africa

Continent’s biggest drug company did its bit setting up vax production capacity ... only for it not to receive a single order

18 May 2022 - 19:30 By Janice Kew

Africa’s drive to set up a vaccine industry after being left at the back of the queue in the global scramble for Covid-19 shots has stumbled at the first hurdle...

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