Knowledge transfer for large scale vaccine manufacturing

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Knowledge transfer for large scale vaccine manufacturing. / Price II, William Nicholson; Rai, Arti; Minssen, Timo.

I: Science, Bind 369, Nr. 6506, 13.08.2020, s. 912-914.

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Price II, WN, Rai, A & Minssen, T 2020, 'Knowledge transfer for large scale vaccine manufacturing', Science, bind 369, nr. 6506, s. 912-914. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc9588

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Price II, W. N., Rai, A., & Minssen, T. (2020). Knowledge transfer for large scale vaccine manufacturing. Science, 369(6506), 912-914. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc9588

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Price II WN, Rai A, Minssen T. Knowledge transfer for large scale vaccine manufacturing. Science. 2020 aug. 13;369(6506):912-914. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc9588

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Price II, William Nicholson ; Rai, Arti ; Minssen, Timo. / Knowledge transfer for large scale vaccine manufacturing. I: Science. 2020 ; Bind 369, Nr. 6506. s. 912-914.

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title = "Knowledge transfer for large scale vaccine manufacturing",
abstract = "As the world rushes to identify safe and effective vaccines and therapeutics to counter the COVID-19 epidemic, attention is turning to the next step: manufacturing these products at enormous scale. To speed up the process, firms are even es-tablishing manufacturing capacity “at risk,” before products receive regulatory approval (1). Yet for at least some complex COVID-19 vaccines and biological thera-peutics, fast manufacturing, particularly of products originally developed by other firms, will require not only physical capaci-ty but also access to knowledge not con-tained in patents or in other public disclo-sures. Indeed, one reason for the expense and delay historically associated with en-try of biosimilars into the market has been the cost and time associated with reverse engineering originator firms{\textquoteright} manufacturing processes (2). But seeds of change may be emerging. A group of six biopharmaceutical firms researching monoclonal antibody (mAb) candidates recently sought (and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) granted) permission un-der antitrust law to exchange “technical information” on each other{\textquoteright}s manufactur-ing processes and platforms (but not in-formation on cost or price) (3). Here we discuss whether and how a focus on rapid information exchange of the sort recently encouraged by the DOJ will not only be critical for the current crisis but could al-so create the foundation for fewer siloes, improved standardization, and less secre-cy over manufacturing information in the future.",
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