South Africa's largest drugmaker Aspen Pharma (JSE: APN) has announced the basis of an agreement with a couple of the Janssen subsidiaries of US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ).
The non-binding term sheet will form the basis for negotiation of a definitive agreement on the manufacture and sale of an Aspen-branded COVID-19 vaccine throughout Africa.
This agreement would expand the existing technical transfer and manufacturing agreements between the parties to grant Aspen the rights to manufacture finished SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 vaccine product from drug substance supplied by J&J.
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