We need vaccines in pills, patches and nasal sprays - UK vaccine chief29 Jan 2021 09:57
Interesting comments from former UK Vaccine chief:
Drug companies need to develop easier ways of giving vaccines, such as pills, patches or sprays that people can administer themselves, the UK's former Vaccine Task Force chair also says.
In her Today programme interview, Kate Bingham raises the issue when asked about the possibility people may need regular Covid vaccinations or top-ups to stay immune.
"We need to improve the vaccine formats because, frankly, two injections delivered by healthcare professionals is not a good way of delivering vaccines," she says.
“Whether they are pills or patches or nose sprays, we need to find better ways of developing and delivering vaccines, and we’ll do that in collaboration, just as we’ve been doing that over the last few months.”
N4P could provide a key part to this