Pandemic-response adenoviral vector and RNA vaccine manufacturing
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Rapid global COVID-19 pandemic response by mass vaccination is currently limited by the rate of vaccine manufacturing. This study presents a techno-economic feasibility assessment and comparison of three vaccine production platform technologies deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic: (1) adenovirus-vectored (AVV) vaccines, (2) messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, and (3) the newer self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) vaccines. Besides assessing the baseline performance of the production process, impact of key design and operational uncertainties on the productivity and cost performance of these vaccine platforms is evaluated using variance-based global sensitivity analysis. Cost and resource requirement projections are computed for manufacturing multi-billion vaccine doses for covering the current global demand shortage and for providing annual booster immunisations. The model-based assessment provides key insights to policymakers and vaccine manufacturers for risk analysis, asset utilisation, directions for future technology improvements and future pidemic/pandemic preparedness, given the disease-agnostic nature of these vaccine production platforms.
Date Acceptance
2022-01-21
Citation
npj Vaccines, 7
ISSN
2059-0105
Publisher
Nature Research
Journal / Book Title
npj Vaccines
Volume
7
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2022
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Sponsor
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-022-00447-3
Grant Number
EP/R013764/1
1822195 (EP/R013756/1)
EP/V01479X/1
EP/R013764/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Immunology
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Research & Experimental Medicine
MESSENGER-RNA
SENSITIVITY-ANALYSIS
INFLUENZA
DELIVERY
Publication Status
Published