Politico July 31, 2024
WORLDVIEW
The possibility of an avian flu pandemic is driving a World Health Organization initiative to arm low- and middle-income countries with the technology and expertise to develop their own mRNA vaccines.
A virus is currently decimating world poultry populations and threatening to sicken humans.
On Monday, the WHO launched the new vaccine campaign alongside Argentina’s Sinergium Biotech.
How it works: Sinergium, which has already developed several candidate vaccines, will share relevant information with participating vaccine manufacturers once the preclinical data is ready. The WHO’s mRNA Technology Transfer Programme, developed in 2021, counts 15 countries, including Kenya, Nigeria and Ukraine, and their domestic partner manufacturers as members.
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