The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that it will disburse funds to relevant companies in the healthcare sector looking to research and manufacture vaccines, drugs or herbal medicines that could stop further spread of COVID-19 and any other communicable or non-communicable diseases in Nigeria.

The CBN stated that the health fund is for its new initiative "Healthcare Sector Research and Development Intervention Scheme (HSRDIS)" which was launched to strengthen Nigeria's response to infectious diseases and "boost domestic manufacturing of critical drugs and vaccines to ensure their sustainable domestic supply and reduce the bulk manufacturing costs of the drugs, herbal medicines and vaccines in Nigeria." a statement obtained from CBN and seen by AllNews said.

Companies Qualified For The Fund

AllNews learnt that the companies that will benefit from the healthcare research and development funds are.... https://allnews.ng/news/cbn-to-release-funds-for-research-and-production-of-covid-19-vaccine-others

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