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General , News .vcex-page-title.vcex_6ab287d472d3a .vcex-page-title__heading{color:var(--wpex-palette-7090-color);font-size:20px;} Western Cape welcomes proposal to expand production of South Africa’s Foot-and-Mouth Disease vaccine 22
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Source domain: casidra.co.za
Collected on 22 September 2026
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What this means
This is a Casidra news article dated 22 September 2026. It reports that Western Cape Minister Dr Ivan Meyer welcomed a proposal, supported by the Agricultural Research Council Board, to let qualifying private companies use ARC intellectual property and help manufacture Foot-and-Mouth Disease vaccines at scale.
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private-sector vaccine manufacturing partnershipOngoing
Access to ARC Foot-and-Mouth Disease vaccine intellectual property and large-scale manufacture
Qualifying private sector companies are to be given access to the Agricultural Research Council's intellectual property relating to Foot-and-Mouth Disease vaccines and the opportunity to participate in large-scale manufacturing of South Africa's vaccine.
- Who it is for
- Qualifying private sector companies
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to allow qualifying private sector companies access to the ARC’s intellectual property relating to Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines and to participate in the large-scale manufacture of South Africa’s FMD vaccine
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Western Cape
Key Takeaways
- 22 September 2026
- Dr Ivan Meyer welcomed Willie Aucamp's proposal
- Agricultural Research Council Board unanimously endorsed the proposal
- Qualifying private sector companies may access ARC Foot-and-Mouth Disease vaccine intellectual property
- Qualifying private sector companies may participate in large-scale South African FMD vaccine manufacturing
- Western Cape and South Africa
- Casidra SOC Ltd
- Western Cape Government
- Dr Ivan Meyer
- Willie Aucamp
- Agricultural Research Council (ARC)
- Daniel Johnson