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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sarah Johnson in Cape Town

‘Like copying a Louis Vuitton handbag’: big pharma hits out at Africa’s replica Covid vaccine

Emile Hendricks, left, a research technologist at Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines in Cape Town, South Africa
Emile Hendricks, left, a research technologist at Afrigen in Cape Town, South Africa. Photograph: Jodi Windvogel/The Guardian

When news broke that scientists had developed an effective vaccine against Covid, Emile Hendricks was living in a deprived suburb of Cape Town and studying for a degree in biotechnology.

He thought he and his community would not have access to such a vaccine, or at the very least would be at the back of the queue.

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