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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 10:29 PM Jul 2020

US bets on untested company to deliver COVID-19 vaccine

Source: Associated Press with Frontline and the Global Reporting Centre

US bets on untested company to deliver COVID-19 vaccine

EDITOR’S NOTE -- This story is part of an ongoing investigation by The Associated Press, the PBS series FRONTLINE and the Global Reporting Centre that examines the deadly consequences of the fragmented worldwide medical supply chain.

By MARTHA MENDOZA and JULIET LINDERMAN
July 9, 2020

When precious vats of COVID-19 vaccine are finally ready, jabbing the lifesaving solution into the arms of Americans will require hundreds of millions of injections.

As part of its strategy to administer the vaccine as quickly as possible, the Trump administration has agreed to invest more than half a billion in tax dollars in ApiJect Systems America, a young company. Its injector is not approved by federal health authorities and the company hasn’t yet set up a factory to manufacture the devices.

The commitment to ApiJect dwarfs the other needle orders the government has placed with a major manufacturer and two other small companies.

“The fact of this matter is, it would be crazy for people to just rely on us. I would be the first to say it,” said ApiJect CEO Jay Walker. “We should be America’s backup at this point, but probably not its primary.”

Trump administration officials would not say why they are investing so heavily in ApiJect’s technology. The company has made only about 1,000 prototypes to date, and it’s not clear whether those devices can deliver the vaccines that are currently in development. So far, the leading candidates are using traditional vials to hold the vaccine, and needles and syringes in their clinical trials.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/a319d390255fbe1836228e8c9a07ea64
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US bets on untested company to deliver COVID-19 vaccine (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2020 OP
Sounds like a 3 man electric company from Whitefish, MT JDC Jul 2020 #1
I got an air injection in 1976 for the swine flu. nilram Jul 2020 #2
Must be a pal of Jared. hedda_foil Jul 2020 #3

JDC

(10,081 posts)
1. Sounds like a 3 man electric company from Whitefish, MT
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 11:32 PM
Jul 2020

Hired for 300 million to fix Puerto Rico's electrical infrastructure post hurricane.

More grift in other words.

nilram

(2,879 posts)
2. I got an air injection in 1976 for the swine flu.
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 12:42 AM
Jul 2020

Why don't we use that technology? It's probably out of patent, so we'd pay less for it.

Ohhhh, you mean if we pay less for it, the company marks up against a smaller amount and makes less in profits? Profits are the American way, so, nevermind!

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