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A hearing began on Tuesday in a South African court to determine whether the government overpaid for Covid-19 vaccines, an allegation made by advocacy groups that argue a lack of transparency may have masked pharmaceutical profits at public expense.
In question, contracts signed by the South African government with several companies including Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer which supplied millions of Covid-19 vaccines during the pandemic. The government also obtained vaccine doses through donations and a World Health Organization program called COVAX, which aimed to make the vaccines available to most low- and middle-income countries.
The contracts, however, were never made public. And in its lawsuit, the Health Justice Initiative argues that without access to further details of conditions or pricing, speculation is rife that the South African government may have overpaid. The advocacy group also argued that distrust of such arrangements may contribute to vaccine hesitancy.
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