RE: There's a degree of desperation out there22 Dec 2021 08:06
Ablueprint for making millions of doses of a new vaccine within 100 days has been published by researchers, who claim it could "save many lives".
The new research could enable vaccines to be developed in as little as 100 days from the moment a virus is first detected - and could enable clinical trials within 60 days.
It comes as AstraZeneca Plc said on Tuesday it is working with Oxford University to produce a vaccine for the new highly-transmissible Omicron variant.
"Together with Oxford University, we have taken preliminary steps in producing an Omicron variant vaccine, in case it is needed and will be informed by emerging data," a spokesperson for the company said in a statement.
Researchers behind the blueprint believe their work could enable Oxford's ChAdOx vaccines - like the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID jab - to hit the "moonshot" objective set by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to compress vaccine production timelines.