SA consortium wants to produce Covid-19 vaccine at a far cheaper price | Citypress

SA consortium wants to produce Covid-19 vaccine at a far cheaper price

The Rubic Consortium is led by former ANC treasurer-general and lawyer Mathews Phosa, medical doctor Sandy Pillay, chartered accountant Alf Farrell and applied economist Julian Naidoo.Naidoo said on Wednesday that the consortium had scored a technology transfer and licensing agreement with biotechnology company Dyadic International, aiming to develop and commercialise vaccines for distribution throughout the African continent.

Naidoo said the vaccine delivery cycle elements were currently being structured on a disparate basis, the vaccine suffered from loss of efficiency as the value chain is far removed from patient populations, and there was dependence on foreign vaccine production and technology transfer. “Our intention is to provide accessible and affordable vaccines to Africans, establish a vaccine research hub to leverage local scientific capability in the region and establish a vaccine-manufacturing unit with the infrastructure, processing operations and capabilities for the manufacture and distribution of high-quality vaccines throughout the continent,” he said.

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