RE: Cobra16 Feb 2021 17:47
'The Staffordshire-based company Cobra Biologics is already producing batches of the Nottingham vaccine to test production and prepare for the trials.
Alexandra Brownfield, the company's business development director, said the vaccine is "grown" inside cells in a bio-reactor. Just 50 litres of a soup of cells and nutrients can produce "a few thousand doses" over four to six weeks.
She said producing the first batch of vaccine is a thrill: "It's a really good feeling, but we are always thinking about the next batch.
"It's a high-pressure environment, so although it's a relief we're then thinking we've still got work to do with the next batch."