Director, Health Law Institute & Prof, @DalMedSchool @SchulichLaw, @RSCTheAcademies College of New Scholars, @CIHR_IRSC Applied #PublicHealth Chair
Mar 30, 2022 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
A worrisome data point re: tech transfer | A decade of experience with the @WHO "Pandemic Influenza Preparedness" (PIP) Framework
Here's the thread.
For those who don't recall, the PIP Framework emerged out of an international crisis over Indonesia's decision in late 2006 to stop sharing influenza virus specimens with the rest of the world.
HT @SarahKarlin
As the author notes, converting mRNA + lipids into a well-defined mix of solid nanoparticles is very likely the rate-limiting step.
Very few firms likely have the in-house capacity to accomplish this.
Feb 2, 2021 • 39 tweets • 8 min read
Continuing the theme of transparency, not only in light of our 'Too little, too late' paper but also the ongoing news coverage around secret Covid vax deals, I'd like to surface the backstory behind the Ebola vaccine paper that @JEGanthro + @IP_policy published a year ago.
Warning: this will not be a short thread. But by the end, I hope you'll see it as a worthwhile read.
Feb 2, 2021 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Great to see our 'Transparency too little, too late?' paper published in its final form in @J_Law_Biosci
We argue that @GovCanHealth can + should enhance the transparency of the data behind Covid interventions, including vaccines
Specifically, we argue that we need to move away from a 'point-in-time' approach to data disclosure to one in which data is released across the product lifecycle.
To its credit, Health Canada now posts a great deal of info once a product is authorized via this portal...
Dec 8, 2020 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
Having predicted that the PM was about to announce the authorization of one or more Covid vaccines yesterday, I was actually a little relieved when the substance of the announcement focused on the details of the distribution deal with Pfizer.
cbc.ca/news/politics/…
Importantly, @JustinTrudeau was very careful to say that distribution will only begin once Health Canada had authorized the vaccine.
