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SA to get 9 million Johnson & Johnson vaccine shots — health ministry

SA, which has yet to receive its first coronavirus vaccine doses, will be getting 9 million from Johnson & Johnson, the health ministry said on Monday. The government of Africa’s most advanced economy is trying to secure enough Covid-19…

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Aspen Pharmacare said on Monday it had reached a preliminary agreement with Johnson & Johnson to commercially manufacture its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, sending its shares higher. Photo: Bloomberg
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Johnson & Johnson working on Covid-19 vaccine‚ and it’ll be produced in SA

SA’s largest pharmaceutical group‚ Aspen‚ has secured a Covid-19 vaccine deal with Johnson & Johnson. The pharmaceutical group announced on Monday that the Covid-19 vaccine would be produced at its existing sterile facility in Port…

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PHARMACEUTICAL GIANT: Aspen Pharmacare’s production facilities in Port Elizabeth near the North End Lake Image: EUGENE COETZEE
DEXAMETHASONE

Covid-19 game-changer drug made in PE

The steroid hailed as a major breakthrough around the world in Covid-19 treatment is manufactured and packaged in Port Elizabeth with Aspen Pharmacare — which owns the rights to dexamethasone — outsourcing the manufacturing of the…

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