Pre-fab for vaccines?
“A vaccine typically takes years…
But…CEPI already has several processes prepared, including methods of production, that can be quickly used when a new virus emerges.
‘So when the virus comes, it's just plug-and-play,’ he said.” straitstimes.com/singapore/heal…
“A vaccine typically takes years…
But…CEPI already has several processes prepared, including methods of production, that can be quickly used when a new virus emerges.
‘So when the virus comes, it's just plug-and-play,’ he said.” straitstimes.com/singapore/heal…
With Singapore shooting for a vaccine in 4 months and China’s remdesivir clinical trial underway in just 6 days after the NEJM paper, it’s clear that the do-or-die nature of this virus is already accelerating Asia’s clearance process for biomedicine.
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Note that the cost of months of unnecessary delay in a pandemic is exponential.
If r is the monthly growth rate, the difference between 4 and 12 months is the difference between r^4 vs r^12.
So if Singapore can reduce the total time to vaccine, could be 1000X better!
If r is the monthly growth rate, the difference between 4 and 12 months is the difference between r^4 vs r^12.
So if Singapore can reduce the total time to vaccine, could be 1000X better!
