Private sector to help boost local FMD vaccine production

Local companies to be asked to make foot-and-mouth disease vaccines

Agricultural Research Council cannot meet demand, Minister of Agriculture tells Parliament

Private sector to help boost local FMD vaccine production

The ARC vaccine is an effective defence against domestic FMD strains and requires only one administration annually

Private sector brought in to boost FMD vaccine production - Inside Politics

The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) has approved a proposal to allow qualifying private companies to use its intellectual property to manufacture its locally developed Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine on a large scale.

Private sector now allowed to manufacture ARC’s locally developed FMD vaccine

Qualifying private companies will be allowed to manufacture the Agricultural Research Council’s locally developed foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine under intellectual property licensing agreements, after the ARC board unanimously approved the proposal on 21 September. Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp said the move would help overcome the ARC’s manufacturing constraints while increasing vaccine availability. Revenue from licensing will be ri…