A tech transfer hub that aims to produce COVID-19 vaccines for Africa will replicate Moderna's mRNA shot - but faces an uphill battle as talks with the U.S. company have not yielded results
Moderna has said it won't enforce patent rightsCAPE TOWN, Sept 14 - Efforts to develop an African base for COVID-19 vaccine production will focus on trying to replicate Moderna's
Moderna said last October it would not enforce patents related to its shot during the pandemic, raising hopes that other companies might be able to copy it and help boost COVID-19 vaccine production. More than three quarters of the 5.5 billion COVID-19 shots administered worldwide have gone to high and upper-middle income countries, which make up just over a third of the world's population.Currently only 3% of Africa is vaccinated, the African Union's top health official said last week, compared with more than half of the United States and three quarters of Spain.
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