The vaccine, called Aspenovax, will be manufactured from drug substance supplied by Johnson & Johnson and sold to public sector markets in AfricaGqeberha-based Aspen Pharmacare has negotiated a deal to manufacture JNJ's Covid-19 vaccine and sell it under an Aspen brand name in Africa.Aspen Pharmacare has signed a deal to license Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine in SA, opening the way for increased supply of vaccines to Africa.
“This [deal] gives us security of supply which we did not have before,” said Strive Masiyiwa, African Union Special Envoy for Covid and Africa Vaccine African Union Special Envoy for Covid and Africa Vaccine. Noting that Africa’s response to the pandemic had been hampered by vaccine inequality as rich countries cornered much of the vaccine supply as it became available, Aspen group chief executive Dr Stephen Saad said the licensing deal was “a game-changer”.
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