One thing missing from this strong argument for vaccine independence is that modern RNA and NLP technologies that underly not only preventative vaccines but also extremely promising personalised cancer vaccines do not require established big pharma. They can be produced nationally (and are).
Jim Woodgett
My latest article with the Canadian Science Policy Centre:
"Vaccine Sovereignty as a Pillar of Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy"
sciencepolicy.ca/posts/vaccin...
Canada’s experience during the COVID-19 pandemic revealed a surprising and troubling vulnerability. In the midst of that global crisis, we lacked the domestic capacity to produce the one vital tool [....
