Aspen in talks to make and sell J&J vaccines for Africa

Africa aims to vaccinate 60% of its adult population by 2022

05 September 2021 - 00:09 By

Aspen Pharmacare says it is in talks to make Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus shot under licence in SA, at what would be Africa's first major independent distribution base for a global vaccine against Covid-19...

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