![]() “ I don’t think you can characterize the behavior of the country as being all one thing or another,” Hatchett told STAT. But he also believes the rest of the world will get vaccine sooner because of the investment the U.S. Richard Hatchett, CEO of CEPI - the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations - acknowledged recently that the bilateral purchase agreements could snowball, if countries increasingly fear this is their only option. “We want to get our oxygen mask on first and then we’re going to help the people around us,” an unnamed administration official told Science in May. position has been that it will vaccinate Americans first, and share second. The World Health Organization and other global health agencies have argued that early access to vaccines should be shared across the nations of the world to help protect health workers, but the U.S. Wealthy governments have locked down more than 4 billion doses of vaccines so far, with the United States topping the list with commitments for 800 million initial doses and options on another 1.6 billion doses new bilateral purchase agreements are announced almost daily. In placing itself at the front of the line to receive vaccine doses from the OWS manufacturers, the United States has ignited a vaccine nationalism wildfire, which is reaching conflagration status. “That number will ramp up as the scale goes up, and that machine, if you wish, warms up,” he said.Ĭontracts with six manufacturers have been announced another one or two may be coming, Slaoui said. Exclusive analysis of biotech, pharma, and the life sciences Learn More ![]()
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