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Austria, South Africa collaborate on plant-made Covid drugs

Image: Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU

Cape Bio Pharms to scale up inhalant that blocks SARS-CoV-2 infection

A South African biotechnology company will use relatives of the tobacco plant to produce a Covid-19 medicine developed by Austrian scientists.

A 15 February deal will see Cape Bio Pharms in Cape Town produce inhalable molecules that can block SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cells when administered directly into the airways.

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