Operation Warp Speed Drug Companies
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Operation warp speed drug companies. Earlier this week the new york times reported that astrazeneca pfizer merck johnson johnson and moderna had scored finalist status at operation warp speed an aggressive program to deliver. Government to facilitate and accelerate the development manufacturing and distribution of covid 19 vaccines therapeutics and diagnostics. The companies include johnson johnson merck co pfizer inc the cambridge massachusetts based biotech moderna inc and the university of oxford in collaboration with astrazeneca plc as. A woman walks past pfizer headquarters.
Late last week moncef slaoui the top scientist on operation warp speed the federal effort to quickly bring a. Operation warp speed ows is a publicprivate partnership initiated by the us. The vaccines and the kits needed to administer the shots will be transported through partnerships operation warp speed has forged with private companies including fedex ups and the medical. Operation warp speeds goal is to produce and deliver 300 million doses of safe and effective vaccines with the initial doses available by january 2021 as part of a broader strategy to accelerate the development manufacturing and distribution of covid 19 vaccines therapeutics and diagnostics collectively known as countermeasures.
Operation warp speed was introduced in early april 2020 after a round table meeting with industry executives at the white house on march 2. Reports to the contrary based on a quote from a company executive were taken out of context the company said monday afternoon. Though much of the trump administrations covid response has been woefully ineffective warp speed operators have been in communication with drug companies to distribute a vaccine once its efficacy. The assertion infuriated supporters of the president who had been promising a vaccine for months.
Operation warp speed allows pharmaceutical companies to manufacture at risk meaning that rather than follow traditional timelines to produce a vaccine pharmaceutical companies can begin manufacturing vaccines at an industrial level before the vaccine is approved by the fda according to the department of health and human services hhs. Government or from anyone kathrin jansen the companys vice president for vaccine research told the times.