04-25-2021, 04:02 PM
People who read my COVID-19-related posts must have noticed that I've consistently used the name of Oxford/AstraZeneka COVID-19 vaccine instead of simply AstraZeneka COVID-19 vaccine, as used in the media. The reason for that is a conscious acknowledgment of the fact that THAT vaccine belongs to the Oxford University, as it was developed by the Oxford vaccine group during 2020 but the University had to team-up with the AstraZeneca bigPharma company to solve the mega-scale manufacturing problem.
Oxford University wanted that no profit should be made by bigPharma on their research during the pandemic period and that the vaccine should be made available for low- and middle-income countries free of charge even after the pandemic.
AstraZeneca agreed not to make a profit from the vaccine during the pandemic and, afterwards, to sell it at cost-price to low- and middle-income countries.
This story was reported in a BBC Panorama documentary that:
Oxford University wanted that no profit should be made by bigPharma on their research during the pandemic period and that the vaccine should be made available for low- and middle-income countries free of charge even after the pandemic.
AstraZeneca agreed not to make a profit from the vaccine during the pandemic and, afterwards, to sell it at cost-price to low- and middle-income countries.
This story was reported in a BBC Panorama documentary that:
Quote:... tells the inside story of the development of the Oxford vaccine against Covid-19. For the past 11 months, the BBC's medical editor Fergus Walsh followed the team at Oxford University and AstraZeneca, as they designed, developed, manufactured, and trialled the vaccine.
As the pandemic worsened, the programme follows volunteers in the trial in the UK, Brazil, and the USA. Fergus Walsh scrutinizes the data that has come out of the trials and examines the vaccination's efficacy and safety. He provides a unique inside view on a remarkable year for science.
BBC Panorama - The Race for a Vaccine (2020)