Thread by @PeterHotez

Here’s our official announcement from @TexasChildrens @BCM_TropMed on our partnership with @biological_e to vaccinate the world beginning with this EUA in India 🇮🇳

texaschildrens.org/texas-children…

Here's why this is a BFD:
1. BioE now has 150 million doses ready now, and will be making 100 million per month.
2. In so doing our @TexasChildrens Vaccine Center has just matched or DOUBLED the US Government current commitment to global vaccine equity.

3. We technology transferred our vaccine and helped in its co-development with BioE with NO PATENT and no strings attached.
4. As a result it should be the least expensive COVID vaccine available yet

5. It uses an older recombinant protein yeast fermentation technology similar to that used for the recombinant hepatitis B vaccine which has been around for 40 years.
6. It was authorized based on superiority studies to another well established COVID vaccine.

7. This vaccine can be made locally all over the world, and we've now technology transferred our Texas Children's vaccine to producers in India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Botswana.
8. Our Texas Children's Center does not plan to make money on this, it's = a gift to the world

This was an effort of a team of 20+ scientists @TexasChildrens @BCM_TropMed co-led by me and my brilliant science partner for the last 20 years @mebottazzi