pharmaphorum January 5, 2022
The year 2020 ended on a note of hope, with the 8th December vaccination of 91-year-old Margaret Keenan, the world’s first person to receive a COVID-19 vaccine outside clinical trials.
Despite an estimated 9.25 billion doses administered globally by 4th January, with 25 different vaccines either approved for use or under emergency use authorisation, 2022 starts on a more sombre note due to the rise of the Omicron variant. Add to this the fact that the world missed the WHO targets for global vaccination by the end of 2021 and will likely continue to miss targets in 2022.
In this examination of issues that will shape the course of 2022, we’ll update the ongoing impacts of the pandemic, which have,...