Coronavirus Notebook: South Africa To Build mRNA Vaccine Tech Transfer Hub, EMA OKs More Comirnaty Production Capacity

MSF is pressuring Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech to share their vaccine know-how with manufacturers in developing countries, and companies have just a few days to answer the European Commission's questions about COVID-19 therapies they have in development.

Global world telecommunication network with nodes connected around earth — Technology transfer is seen as one way of increasing COVID-19 vaccine production • Source: Alamy

The world’s first technology transfer hub for COVID-19 mRNA vaccines is to be set up in South Africa as part of global efforts to increase the availability of vaccines in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).

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