Aspen Faces Vaccine Setback In South Africa As Strides Explores Oral COVID Treatment

Dr Reddy’s, Lupin, Cipla And Sun Pharma Partner With Eli Lilly For Baricitinib In India

After a production setback, Aspen and Johnson & Johnson announce a donation of 300,000 vaccines to South African teachers. Strides partners with Ennaid for an oral COVID drug, while Dr Reddy’s, Lupin, Cipla and Sun Pharma Partner with Eli Lilly for baricitinib in India and Formycon receives approval for early action for its COVID-19 drug.

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Pharmaceutical companies focus on getting vaccines and COVID drugs to countries with high cases • Source: Alamy

Aspen Global Inc. and Johnson & Johnson have announced that they will provide 300,000 doses of J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine for South African teachers and support vaccination programmes in South Africa and elsewhere in Africa, after facing a production setback.

The vaccination support was announced by Aspen after learning that specific batches of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine manufactured at Aspen’s Gqeberha production site and designated for the South African market had to be destroyed due to a good manufacturing practice risk linked to isolated material in the

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