Australia may miss out on several COVID vaccines if it cannot make mRNA ones locally

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 November Australia may miss out on several COVID vaccines if it cannot make mRNA ones locally Australia may miss out on several COVID vaccines if it cannot make mRNA ones locally 04/11/2020 | 8 MINS This article, by Associate Professor Archa Fox, from LIT's School of Molecular Sciences, originally appeared in The Conversation. It was published on Wednesday 4 November 2020. The Australian government is in talks with pharmaceutical company Pfizer about potentially supplying its COVID-19 vaccine. The company has also secured preliminary clearance to apply for a type of fast-tracked regulatory approval for this vaccine. But even if clinical trials showed this vaccine was safe and effective, Australia couldnΓÇÖt make enough doses. We just donΓÇÖt have the manufacturing capacity or technology in place. So, has Australia missed a trick in not tooling up for these mRNA vaccines? What are mRNA vaccines? mRNA vaccines are coated molecules of mRNA, similar to DNA, that carry the instructions for making a viral protein. After injection into muscle, t

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 November Australia may miss out on several COVID vaccines if it cannot make mRNA ones locally Australia may miss out on several COVID vaccines if it cannot make mRNA ones locally 04/11/2020 | 8 MINS This article, by Associate Professor Archa Fox, from LIT's School of Molecular Sciences, originally appeared in The Conversation.

It was published on Wednesday 4 November 2020.

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