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    A DOCTOR WITH DREAMS

    Nov 25, 2021 4 minutes
    BY KIM ABRAHAMS

    HE’S A man with many irons in the fire – an investor in some of the most profitable businesses in the world, a media tycoon, a sports maven and a doctor making ground-breaking strides in medical science.

    But for all his achievements, pharmaceutical billionaire Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong has always had one cause close to his heart: to advance healthcare in South Africa – the country where he was born and raised.

    And now he’s hoping to do just that by producing a potentially game-changing Covid-19 vaccine. His company, ImmunityBio, signed a deal with local vaccine manufacturer BioVac to make a vaccine that can be taken in pill form instead of injection – and which

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