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1. @CEPIvaccines and Institute Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) have signed an MOU to fill and finish up to 300 million doses of #COVID19 jabs per year
2. Production will start in the 3rd quarter of 2022
1. @CEPIvaccines and Institute Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) have signed an MOU to fill and finish up to 300 million doses of #COVID19 jabs per year
2. Production will start in the 3rd quarter of 2022
2/6 What is "fill + finish?"
1. It's when a company handles the end part of the production of a meds
2. In the case of jabs a company imports the drug (active) substance/key ingredient, mixes it with an inactive substance, puts it in vials (pouches in IPD's case) + packages it
1. It's when a company handles the end part of the production of a meds
2. In the case of jabs a company imports the drug (active) substance/key ingredient, mixes it with an inactive substance, puts it in vials (pouches in IPD's case) + packages it
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1. IPD will use a different method to fill + finish #COVID19 jabs
2. It won't put the jabs in glass vials, rather in plastic pouches (like a drip bag) that can hold 200 doses of vaccine per pouch
3. The pouch method = more suitable for poorer countries. Why? (next tweet)
1. IPD will use a different method to fill + finish #COVID19 jabs
2. It won't put the jabs in glass vials, rather in plastic pouches (like a drip bag) that can hold 200 doses of vaccine per pouch
3. The pouch method = more suitable for poorer countries. Why? (next tweet)
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1. The pouches are lighter and smaller than glass vials
2. They're therefore easier to transport/store and it's cheaper to maintain a cold chain
3. It's quick and easy to administer jabs from the pouches
4. @CEPIvaccines + MedInstill/INTACT Solutions = developed the tech
1. The pouches are lighter and smaller than glass vials
2. They're therefore easier to transport/store and it's cheaper to maintain a cold chain
3. It's quick and easy to administer jabs from the pouches
4. @CEPIvaccines + MedInstill/INTACT Solutions = developed the tech
5/6 How far are things?
1. The IPD manufacturing facility is in an advanced stage of being built
2. IPD is on track to start to fill and finish #COVID19 jabs between July and September 2022
1. The IPD manufacturing facility is in an advanced stage of being built
2. IPD is on track to start to fill and finish #COVID19 jabs between July and September 2022
6/6 What other jabs does IPD make?
1. Yellow fever shots which are WHO prequalified (it means the WHO has evaluated the quality + approved it as of a good enough standard 4 donors + aid agencies to buy + distribute)
2. IPD has also signed an MOU with BioNTech 2 make
#mRNA jabs
1. Yellow fever shots which are WHO prequalified (it means the WHO has evaluated the quality + approved it as of a good enough standard 4 donors + aid agencies to buy + distribute)
2. IPD has also signed an MOU with BioNTech 2 make
#mRNA jabs
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