South Africa to allow private foot-and-mouth vaccine imports | 1450 A…

South Africa's government has agreed to allow private sector importation, distribution and administration of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines, reversing its monopoly on vaccine procurement and administration after farmer groups sued over the government's slow response to the country's worst outbreak in years. If you make or distribute animal vaccines, South Africa just opened a market the government had locked. Fourteen million cattle need inoculating, and private suppliers can now compete—your customer base shifted from one state buyer to thousands of farmers.