Posted on Sep 1, 2022
Whatever happened to the new no-patent COVID vaccine touted as a global game changer?
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Back in January, we told you about a different kind of COVID vaccine that had just been approved for use in India. The vaccine, called Corbevax, had some very attractive properties: It's low-cost, easy to make using well-established biotech processes — and patent-free.
The vaccine's inventors were hoping it would help address questions of vaccine equity for countries that can't afford to make or buy expensive vaccines like the ones sold by Pfizer and Moderna.
Back in January, we told you about a different kind of COVID vaccine that had just been approved for use in India. The vaccine, called Corbevax, had some very attractive properties: It's low-cost, easy to make using well-established biotech processes — and patent-free.
The vaccine's inventors were hoping it would help address questions of vaccine equity for countries that can't afford to make or buy expensive vaccines like the ones sold by Pfizer and Moderna.
Whatever happened to the new no-patent COVID vaccine touted as a global game changer?
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."At least one member of the U.S. Congress was so impressed with Hotez and Botazzi that she nominated the pair for the Nobel Peace Prize
"Their effort is to bring health, peace and security to all people by making it possible to vaccinate the world," says Lizzie Fletcher, a Texas Democrat. "So I think that that's very much in keeping with the purpose of the prize."
Dr. Peter Hotez and Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, co-directors of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital, developed Corbevax, a COVID-19 vaccine that they say is low-cost, easy to make, safe and effective.
Dr. Peter Hotez and Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, co-directors of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital, developed Corbevax, a COVID-19 vaccine that they say is low-cost, easy to make, safe and effective.
Winning a Nobel prize is probably a long shot, but that's OK with Hotez.
"I'm on cloud nine and I think Dr. Bottazzi is as well in part because, you know, it's not just the recognition, it's the fact that we showed there's another way to do this," he says — a way for a small, academically focused lab to make a vaccine that's safe, effective and affordable."
..."At least one member of the U.S. Congress was so impressed with Hotez and Botazzi that she nominated the pair for the Nobel Peace Prize
"Their effort is to bring health, peace and security to all people by making it possible to vaccinate the world," says Lizzie Fletcher, a Texas Democrat. "So I think that that's very much in keeping with the purpose of the prize."
Dr. Peter Hotez and Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, co-directors of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital, developed Corbevax, a COVID-19 vaccine that they say is low-cost, easy to make, safe and effective.
Dr. Peter Hotez and Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, co-directors of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital, developed Corbevax, a COVID-19 vaccine that they say is low-cost, easy to make, safe and effective.
Winning a Nobel prize is probably a long shot, but that's OK with Hotez.
"I'm on cloud nine and I think Dr. Bottazzi is as well in part because, you know, it's not just the recognition, it's the fact that we showed there's another way to do this," he says — a way for a small, academically focused lab to make a vaccine that's safe, effective and affordable."
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