Health experts say Rwanda, Senegal and SA could be candidates as they either have existing vaccine expertise, or have noted an interest in developing such an industry
Rwanda, Senegal and SA could be potential locations for Moderna’s planned vaccine factory in Africa, the US drugmaker’s co-founder and chair said, as it steps up its search for a site on the continent.
Asked by Reuters whether those three countries were on Moderna’s list of potential candidates, Afeyan said: “I can confirm that, yes.” SA has a medical research capacity and a domestic pharmaceutical industry, while Senegal’s Pasteur Institute produces yellow fever vaccines and Rwanda has expressed interest in making vaccines and drugs.Booster decision
Afeyan said the overall goal was to have a plant that could make multiple vaccines so that “in the future, if there is a pandemic, and there will certainly be, then we can very rapidly convert it and provide the vaccine security on the continent”.
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