For global immunization efforts that have long struggled to square strict religious observance with public health, it could be a real shot in the arm.
AJ Pharma Holding has set up the first lab for producing halal vaccines in Malaysia. But the move to capture a potential $80 billion market for Shariah-compliant biological preparations for protecting against diseases could run into new challenges of perception. Namely, how to assure some Muslim populations that the very existence of explicitly halal vaccines should not, in and of itself, cast doubt on all other inoculation efforts.
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Matt Kwong