Biovac Cape Town Vaccine Manufacturing Expansion
One of 1,333 projects Taiyo tracks in Western Cape.
Source: Business Day
Biovac is expanding its Cape Town site to develop end-to-end vaccine manufacturing capacity, starting with oral cholera vaccines. The expansion includes building new facilities on vacant land recently purchased from the City of Cape Town, with plans to produce vaccines in squeezable plastic tubes and expand the product portfolio to include vaccines for pneumonia, meningitis, polio, and rotavirus.
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Government, Manufacturing (Industrial), Commercial
- Location
- Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- Business Day
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Original status | planned |
Taiyo status | Prospective |
Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | Biovac is expanding its Cape Town site to develop end-to-end vaccine manufacturing capacity, starting with oral cholera vaccines. The expansion includes building new facilities on vacant land recently purchased from the City of Cape Town, with plans to produce vaccines in squeezable plastic tubes and expand the product portfolio to include vaccines for pneumonia, meningitis, polio, and rotavirus. The new facility is expected to be completed in 2028 and will ramp up production to 30-40 million doses per year, with capacity to increase to 60 million doses. |
Original sector | Health |
Budget |
Location
Country | South Africa |
State | Western Cape |
City | Cape Town |
Source
Source | Business Day |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Government, Manufacturing (Industrial), Commercial |
Article published date | 2026-04-19 |
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