This new Medical Countermeasures Laboratory Facility in Winnipeg sounds positive, but once again, it would be great if Canada also made the investments necessary to get key innovations out of the lab to the world (instead of relying on profit-driven pharma companies & foreign govt funding). 🦠🔬🧪💊💉🏭🌐
Adam R Houston@healthlawadamh.bsky.social · 2w agoThis report could've prioritized action on Cdn innovation over rehashed talking points. Remember the 2014 analysis that the Public Health Agency of Canada had the technology to make a pan filovirus vaccine ( #Marburg & all #Ebola species incl. #Bundibugyo), but lacked the money & political will?
![Screenshot from the PR reading "The first-in-human Phase 1 study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT07737717) is being conducted at three sites in Canada, and will evaluate the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of mRNA-1469 in healthy adult participants. The study is expected to enroll approximately 80 participants.
BDBV is one of the viruses that can cause Ebola disease and has been responsible for the active outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Although vaccines are available against Zaire ebolavirus, no vaccine is currently approved to protect against disease caused by BDBV. The current outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS) by the World Health Organization and Africa CDC, respectively. It has already caused more than 3,000 confirmed cases and more than 1,400 deaths, making it one of the largest filovirus outbreaks in history.[1]
If licensed, Moderna is committed to enabling rapid supply and access of its BDBV vaccine to affected countries and to the populations that need them. As part of its agreement with CEPI, Moderna will make available at a minimum 500,000 doses for timely supply to low- and middle-income countries under access pricing." with the last two sentences highlighted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/bafkreihzip3s7r6pvunpcsgq62nekkioyscbuqqpff7av2b6nmikyjfr4u)
