The first batch of vaccine production equipment from China has been delivered to Morocco Sunday to enable the manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines and other products in the newly launched Benslimane plant, reported MAP.
The shipment arrived from Shanghai, China, and will allow the assembly of the biotechnology unit in Benslimane, added the same source.
111 devices weighing a total of 35,000 tons, making up the entire turnkey plant, docked at the port of Casablanca, said the same source.
This equipment will enable Morocco to become Africa’s much-needed COVID-19 vaccine supplier.
Sensyo Pharmatech has called upon Recipharm, a global manufacturer in the biotechnology and Fill&Finish industry to enable the transfer of know-how in the manufacture of future drugs and vaccines.
In a joint statement to the press on the occasion of the arrival of the first batch in the port of Casablanca, Marc Funk, CEO of Sensyo Pharmatech and Recipharm, said that the arrival of this ship marks a “very important” step to achieve the realization of this project.
The first stage of production in the Benslimane plant will mostly be the syringing of anti-COVID and other vaccines, starting off with three industrial lines whose combined production capacity should reach 120 million units by the end of 2022.
This manufacturing capacity is equivalent to an output ranging from 300 to 450 million vaccine doses. A budget of 200 million euros has been allocated for this purpose, while the test batch production phase is scheduled for late July 2022.
Towards the end of 2022, the plant will initiate the manufacturing of industrial batches intended for distribution, once the testing phase is validated.
Late in January, King Mohammed VI chaired in the province of Benslimane the launching ceremony for a manufacturing plant for Covid-19 and other vaccines, in a bid to reach self-sufficiency and help supply vaccines to African nations.
The Benslimane plant involves 3 industrial lines whose combined production capacity will reach 116 million units by 2024.
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