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Feb
07
2022
By The African Mirror
Approval of COVID vaccine made in South Africa could take 3 years, WHO says

Approval of COVID vaccine made in South Africa could take 3 years, WHO says

COVID-19
THE mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine produced at the World Health Organization-backed vaccine hub in South Africa could take up to three years to get approval if companies do not share their technology and data, a WHO official said. The WHO-backed tech transfer hub in South Africa was set up in June to give poorer nations the know-how to produce COVID-19 vaccines, after market leaders of the mRNA COVID vaccine, Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna, declined a WHO request to share their technology and expertise. Martin Friede, coordinator of the WHO Initiative for Vaccine Research, said if companies with approved COVID vaccines or late…
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Feb
04
2022
By The African Mirror
In world first, S.Africa’s Afrigen makes mRNA COVID vaccine using Moderna data

In world first, S.Africa’s Afrigen makes mRNA COVID vaccine using Moderna data

COVID-19
WENDELL ROELF SOUTH Africa's Afrigen Biologics has used the publicly available sequence of Moderna Inc's mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to make its own version of the shot, which could be tested in humans before the end of this year, Afrigen's top executive said. The vaccine candidate would be the first to be made based on a widely used vaccine without the assistance and approval of the developer. It is also the first mRNA vaccine designed, developed and produced at lab scale on the African continent. The World Health Organization (WHO) last year picked a consortium including Afrigen for a pilot project to…
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