To vaccinate the world we need to look beyond mRNA-based jabs
Though effective, they are not feasible for the developing world and there are cheaper, more easily replicated options
11 January 2022 - 19:39
Early on in the pandemic, many of us hoped India would help vaccinate the world. The country’s pharmaceutical sector, dominated by companies capable of churning out generic medicines in vast quantities, looked like the obvious location for vaccine production at the scale needed to inoculate the developing world...
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