Vaccine production | Bizcommunity

News

Source: Sanofi.

Pharmaceuticals

From Singapore to the world: Sanofi's new plant eyes global vaccine challenges

Katja Hamilton 27 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

CPHI Middle East: Future of pharma takes centre stage

14 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied.

Pharmaceuticals

Tahaluf launches CPHI Middle East as region’s premier pharma event

25 Sep 2024

Public Health

Pharmacists International Federation: Global vaccine supply in the balance

4 Sep 2024

Source: Biovac.

Emergency Medicine

Ghanaian minister visits Biovac to explore vaccine capabilities

14 Aug 2024

#BizTrends2024: Unpacking the agriculture market's 2023 performance and forecasting 2024

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Unpacking the agriculture market's 2023 performance and forecasting 2024

Paul Makube 8 Jan 2024

The critical role of biosecurity in protecting SA's agriculture sector

Agriculture

The critical role of biosecurity in protecting SA's agriculture sector

Paul Makube 18 Dec 2023

Diseases on farms in South Africa: Recent outbreaks point to weaknesses in the system

Agribusiness

Diseases on farms in South Africa: Recent outbreaks point to weaknesses in the system

Wandile Sihlobo 14 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied.

Medical Research

Biovac and EuBiologics partner for meningitis vaccine tech transfer

28 Sep 2023

Public Health

South Africa, Germany sign agreement for vaccine production

15 Sep 2023

Source: Moderna.

Covid-19

Moderna reports 92% interim profit drop

Katja Hamilton 17 Aug 2023

Source: Supplied.

Public Health

Mastercard Foundation and IPD bolster the continent's capacity to produce vaccines

5 Jun 2023

Agbiz continues to engage with government and Eskom on load shedding challenges

Agribusiness

Agbiz continues to engage with government and Eskom on load shedding challenges

26 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. A health worker prepares a dose of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine in Dakar, Senegal February 23, 2021.

Public Health

Senegal institute wins $50m in boost to Africa's vaccine capacity

Nellie Peyton 25 Jan 2023

Farming in South Africa: 6 things that need urgent attention in 2023

Agribusiness

Farming in South Africa: 6 things that need urgent attention in 2023

Wandile Sihlobo 16 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: SA agricultural trends to watch in 2023

Trends

#BizTrends2023: SA agricultural trends to watch in 2023

Wandile Sihlobo 9 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

BioNTech starts human trial to test malaria vaccine

28 Dec 2022

Healthcare

SA's Aspen gets $30m grant to make vaccines

Nqobile Dludla 12 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

SA's Aspen, India's Serum Institute sign vaccines deal for Africa

Promit Mukherjee 1 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters. A worker at Aspen Pharmacare, is seen at its Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine facility in Gqeberha.

Covid-19

Aspen Covid vaccine lines risk going idle as J&J orders dwindle

Promit Mukherjee and Wendell Roelf 11 Aug 2022

Source: FreePik.

Covid-19

New agreement paves way for development of first African-owned Covid-19 vaccine

27 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied. World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (centre) at the recent WTO Ministerial meeting - at the MC12 Closing Press Conference, 17 June 2022.

Markets & Investment

Understanding the WTO Ministerial Meeting: What just happened and what's next?

Sean Doherty and Aditi Sara Verghese 24 Jun 2022

Economy

Local vaccine production boosts economic transformation and job creation in South Africa

Patrick Tippoo 22 Jun 2022

Markets & Investment

EU's Global Gateway initiative to provide access to €150bn for African infrastructure development

10 Mar 2022

mRNA Tech transfer hub beneficiaries announced

Technology

mRNA Tech transfer hub beneficiaries announced

21 Feb 2022

Source: Premier Alan Winde. The interior of the new NantSA vaccine plant opened in Cape Town at the same time as the launch of the AAAH coalition .

Healthcare

Cape Town unveils Africa's Access to Advanced Healthcare coalition

24 Jan 2022

Source: antbphotos via

Agriculture

South African farming: New policy offers promise, but there's fixing to be done too

Wandile Sihlobo 21 Jan 2022

Covid-19

Biovac gears up to manufacture Pfizer vaccine

6 Dec 2021

Source: ©dmbaker

Covid-19

R3.5m grant for Pan-African vaccine development

10 Nov 2021

Covid-19

G20 leaders called on to correct Covid-19 vaccine discrepencies

26 Oct 2021

Source: ©Matthias Ziegler

Covid-19

Pandemic lesson: Africa must rely on itself

23 Sep 2021

Bridging the Covid-19 vaccine gap

Covid-19

Bridging the Covid-19 vaccine gap

15 Sep 2021

Source: ©geckophotos

Covid-19

Nobel laureates call for waiving of IP Covid-19 rules

14 Sep 2021

Some of the most vulnerable are yet to receive their first dose. Hanna Kuprevich/Alamy Stock Photo

Covid-19

Covid-19: WHO calls for moratorium on booster shots - is it justifiable?

Jonathan Pugh, Dominic Wilkinson & Julian Savulescu 16 Aug 2021

Source: ©luiscarceller

Pharmaceuticals

Vaccine inequality makes a case for African pharma opportunities

Julie Oppenheim, Daniel Mwathe & Micael Sehul 28 Jul 2021

Covid-19

Africa has few vaccines: Here's what can still be done to minimise the impact of Covid-19

Deoraj Caussy 30 Jun 2021

Could vaccine registration negate the good intentions of the Trips waiver?

Medical Law

Could vaccine registration negate the good intentions of the Trips waiver?

Chyreene Truluck 10 Jun 2021

US supports waiver of Covid-19 vaccine IP restrictions

IP Law

US supports waiver of Covid-19 vaccine IP restrictions

6 May 2021

Hospital staff in Lagos, Nigeria, administer the AstraZeneca vaccine. AP Photo/Sunday Alamba

Covid-19

How to get Covid-19 vaccines to poor countries - and still keep patent benefits for drugmakers

Dalindyebo Shabalala 16 Apr 2021

Covid-19

New Covid variants have changed the game, and vaccines will not be enough. We need global 'maximum suppression'

Salim Abdool Karim 6 Apr 2021

South Africa does not have large-scale vaccine manufacturing capability. Shutterstock

Covid-19

Vaccine production in South Africa: how an industry in its infancy can be developed

Jeffrey Dorfman & Frank Kirstein 21 Jan 2021

Vaccine delays reveal unexpected weak link in supply chains: A shortage of workers

Supply Chain

Vaccine delays reveal unexpected weak link in supply chains: A shortage of workers

Anna Nagurney 11 Jan 2021

Experts are confident that there will be a vaccine next year. PenWin /iStock / Getty Images Plus

Covid-19

9 reasons you can be optimistic that a vaccine for Covid-19 will be widely available in 2021

William Petri 24 Aug 2020

Nelson Mandela Foundation hosts discussion on making universal healthcare universal

Health & Welfare

Nelson Mandela Foundation hosts discussion on making universal healthcare universal

21 Aug 2020

A vaccine must go through six crucial steps. PhotobyTawat/ Shutterstock

Covid-19

Coronavirus vaccine: Here are the steps it will need to go through during development

Samantha Vanderslott, Andrew Pollard & Tonia Thomas 1 Apr 2020

Could plant vaccines save the poultry industry?

Agribusiness

Could plant vaccines save the poultry industry?

10 Oct 2019

Why manufacturing a key vaccine in South Africa is so important

Infectious Diseases

Why manufacturing a key vaccine in South Africa is so important

David Walwyn 19 Apr 2018

Pharmaceuticals

Litha in talks for tech transfer for flu vaccines

Tamar Khan 5 Sep 2012

Infectious Diseases

Business: keep your eye on H1N1

8 Jan 2010