During a visit to local biopharmaceutical Biovac’s manufacturing facility on March 9, Pfizer and Biovac held a showcase of their partnership, including an official opening ceremony of the recently completed Freezer Farm facility, for a delegation of global Pfizer executives, the US Consulate and South Africa’s Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel. The partnership between Pfizer and Biovac was first established in 2015 to support the establishment of a sustainable supply of Pfizer’s pneumococcal vaccine. Over 20-million doses of vaccines are delivered a year by Biovac, with a considerable number of these said to be locally manufactured.
