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Yeah, this is one big thing that's pulling the delivery times closer vs historical timelines. Governments essentially said "If you can demonstrate reasonable e
by ethbro 6y ago
Yeah, this is one big thing that's pulling the delivery times closer vs historical timelines.
Governments essentially said "If you can demonstrate reasonable efficacy and safety, go ahead and start mass production. If your Phase III trials fail, we'll make you whole and dump the doses in a landfill."
Otherwise, you had to wait the entire Phase III duration before even starting production, whereas now you'll essentially have viable vaccine on Day 0 when the Phase III trail concludes.
- rsynnott 6y agoOne interesting byproduct of this is that we may end up with multiple vaccines becoming available at the same time. I wonder will people comparison shop.
- ethbro 6y agoExpect it'll be quite some time before there's enough open-market inventory available that we have the option to shop (2H 2021). Governments have too much incentive to purchase and distribute all they can get their hands on.