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"until we develop a temperature-stable, cheap, broad-spectrum coronavirus vaccine that is patent-free" "A few weeks later, Oxford—urged on by the Bill & Melind
by fartcannon 5y ago
"until we develop a temperature-stable, cheap, broad-spectrum coronavirus vaccine that is patent-free"
"A few weeks later, Oxford—urged on by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—reversed course. It signed an exclusive vaccine deal with AstraZeneca that gave the pharmaceutical giant sole rights and no guarantee of low prices—with the less-publicized potential for Oxford to eventually make millions from the deal and win plenty of prestige." https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/apr/15/oxfordastrazeneca-covid-vaccine-research-was-97-publicly-funded https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/apr/15/oxfordastraz...
- TameAntelope 5y agoFWIW he claims that was due to manufacturing concerns, specifically that only AstraZeneca would be able to be reliable and consistent enough to reproduce the related vaccine in a way that wouldn't cause potentially catastrophic adoption issues (vaccines actually killing people due to contaminants, etc.).
- fartcannon 5y agoGiven his history, it's not worth much.