Tablet vaccine

[SteveAWOL]

COVID-19: UK Bristol University developing nasal spray vaccine

The vaccine will come in the form of a nasal spray, which is cheap to produce and will not need to be kept at low temperatures.

news.yahoo.com

 

[krish]

Surely won’t be the last honour bestowed upon professor Gilbert...

Oxford vaccine creator Professor Sarah Gilbert awarded RSA Albert Medal | University of Oxford

Professor Sarah Gilbert has been awarded the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce’ (RSA) Albert Medal for her work on the Oxford vaccine.

www.ox.ac.uk

Register for this free online event @

The Oxford Vaccine: Innovation for the global good

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About this Event​

The Oxford Vaccine: Innovation for the Global Good

Wednesday 14th April 2021
18.00 - 19.00

The 2021 Albert Medal Event

Sarah Gilbert is the scientist who designed the Oxford Vaccine – one of the most significant breakthrough developments in the global fight against coronavirus.

As she receives the 2021 RSA Albert Medal for ‘collaborative innovation for the global common good’, Professor Gilbert joins RSA Chief Executive Matthew Taylor to reflect on an extraordinary year for scientific innovation, and to tell the inside story of what it took to design, trial, and manufacture a safe and effective vaccine at record speed and scale.

As vaccination programmes begin to rollout around the world, she discusses the steps that need to be taken to secure and safeguard an equitable global distribution of this life-saving innovation. And she considers what can we learn from the way governments and institutions responded to Covid-19 – at both national and global levels - to better prepare us for the next pandemic.

The RSA Albert Medal is awarded annually to recognise the creativity and innovation of individuals and organisations working to resolve the challenges of our times. The Medal was instituted in 1864 as a memorial to Prince Albert, former President of the Society.

 

[SteveAWOL]

Another alternative to having to get jabbed under development in Australia…

Needle-free coronavirus vaccine trial begins in Australia - and could be the future

www.9news.com.au

First Australian COVID-19 DNA vaccine trial commences

Led by the University of Sydney, Scientia Clinical Research (Sydney), Telethon Kids Institute (Perth) and the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (Adelaide), the COVALIA trial uses a gene-based vaccine with DNA sequences from the SARS-CoV2 virus.

www.sydney.edu.au

 

[golden phoenix]

lloyds pharmacy were selling viraleze recently, but the uk regulators are questioning some of the advertising connected with it.

LloydsPharmacy first to launch VIRALEZE™ antiviral nasal spray in the UK - McKesson UK

LloydsPharmacy has signed a sales and distribution agreement for VIRALEZE™ with Australian biopharmaceutical company Starpharma The UK is the first...

mckesson.uk

its only a matter of time before we have other methods of administering the actual vaccine. this is important as lots of people have a fear of needles/perceived pain. Different thresholds often associated with needles. also if we are going to start vaccinating children they would want an alternative to needles. apparently the fear of needles is very high in the population and would stop the take up in those people.

the above item is not the vaccine but a companion to the vaccine

 

[SteveAWOL]

Sounds like these capsules would provide even better protection against variants than the injections

 

[krish]

Still waiting on iosBio (formerly Stabilitech Biopharma)

Delivering the Future of an Immunization, COVID Vaccines | iosBio

For boosting the immunization, iosBio is working on OraPro oral vaccines, OraPro patented the vaccine platform technology by iosBio NY US.

iosbio.com

 

[Greg Hook]

Blimey, that's a lot of colourful pills in the above photo to get the vaccine!

 

[Trollslayer]

It's the smarties vaccine.

 

[Autopilot]

What’s the current state of play with AstraZeneca, Pfizer etc - do they have improved vaccines in the works? Not just for variants, but ones like the tablet that target more than just the constantly mutating spike protein?

 

[Trollslayer]

I think improved vaccines might have to go through trials etc.

 

[Laureline]

I think improved vaccines might have to go through trials etc.

I believe they all have modified vaccines and are currently in trial. Though the requirements for a modified vaccine is less rigourous.

I think the big three are currently seeking full approval rather than emergency approval too.

 

[Maeght]

BBC has an interesting article about vaccines via inhaler

 

[krish]

BBC has an interesting article about vaccines via inhaler

presumably this ...

Could Covid vaccine be taken as a pill?

Researchers are looking at easier ways for people to get the vaccine, including via inhalers and tablets.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Maeght]

presumably this ...

Could Covid vaccine be taken as a pill?

Researchers are looking at easier ways for people to get the vaccine, including via inhalers and tablets.

www.bbc.co.uk

Yeah. I thought I'd posted the link ..... but no!

Thanks

 

[Take A Red Pill]

Yeah. I thought I'd posted the link ..... but no!

Thanks

It would be handy for people with trypanophobia, at least.

 

[TerraCanis]

It would be handy for people with trypanophobia, at least.

Handy all round.

Some have spoken of distributing oral vaccines by post to be taken at home. Not sure that this would be a likely scenario because you'd want to make sure that the doses went to the right people, keeping track of how many people had been done would be tricky, and if potential adverse reactions were an issue you'd want some sort of supervision immediately after administration.

Bur even so, "Here, take a cup of water, swallow this and go and sit over there for fifteen minutes" is still a much easier process. And without the need to dispose of medical sharps either.