BioNTech — Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine partner — has been working behind the scenes to undercut African scientists’ efforts to produce an mRNA-based coronavirus vaccine.
, the kENUP Foundation urged South African government officials to shut down a World Health Organization-backed initiative aiming to make an mRNA vaccine using Moderna’s shot as a template.
reported, kENUP promoted “BioNTech’s proposal to ship mRNA factories housed in sea containers from Europe to Africa, initially staffed with BioNTech workers, and a proposed new regulatory pathway to approve the vaccines made in these factories.”
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