
WHO-backed Afrigen plans a charge toward the clinic with Africa's first Covid-19 vaccine
NEW YORK — When vaccines from high-income countries did not arrive in Africa, a local WHO-backed company decided to take the matter into its own hands.
The South Africa-based company Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines has developed the continent’s first mRNA Covid-19 vaccine that will enter clinical trials in early 2023. Afrigen developed the shot by copying publicly available sequencing information about Moderna’s shot after the biotech and Pfizer refused assistance.
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