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South Africa: Local Companies to Be Asked to Make Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccines
The licensing plan aims to ease a shortage as South Africa needs about 25 million doses a year and has imported or produced 21 million this year.
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Private sector brought in to boost FMD vaccine production - Inside Politics
The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) has approved a proposal to allow qualifying private companies to use its intellectual property to manufacture its locally developed Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine on a large scale.
Private sector now allowed to manufacture ARC’s locally developed FMD vaccine
Qualifying private companies will be allowed to manufacture the Agricultural Research Council’s locally developed foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine under intellectual property licensing agreements, after the ARC board unanimously approved the proposal on 21 September. Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp said the move would help overcome the ARC’s manufacturing constraints while increasing vaccine availability. Revenue from licensing will be ri…
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Leaning Left1Leaning Right1Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution34% Left, 33% Center, 33% Right
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- 34% of the sources lean Left, 33% of the sources are Center, 33% of the sources lean Right
34% Left
L 34%
C 33%
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