OBP acting CEO suspended over FMD vaccine pricing scandal

Reported by Food For Mzansi · Wed 07:00 · Nathan Geffen

Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp has intervened at Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP), leading to the precautionary suspension of acting CEO Dr Jacob Modumo. Allegations reveal OBP may have marked up crucial foot-and-mouth disease vaccines from R45 to as much as R130 per dose. OBP acting…

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