The Department of Trade and Industry, in partnership with pharmaceutical company Aspen, on Monday launched a R1-billion High Containment Facility in Port Elizabeth.
The Aspen factory will create 500 jobs, 90% of which will be sourced from the local community.
At full capacity, the facility is expected to produce about 3.6 billion tablets annually and package about 3 million bottles a month.
95% of these will be exported to markets in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
