Biovac's R2bn plan for vaccine production and export

25 July 2021 - 05:15 By HILARY JOFFE

The Cape Town company that has signed with Pfizer and BioNTech to produce their Covid vaccine for distribution in Africa is planning a new €130m (about R2bn) facility that could produce up to 500-million doses a year by 2026, and is in talks with development finance institutions (DFIs) to fund this...

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