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Vaccine technology transfer in a global health crisis: Actors, capabilities, and institutions

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Autor(es):
da Fonseca, Elize Massard ; Shadlen, Kenneth C. ; Achcar, Helena de Moraes
Número total de Autores: 3
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: RESEARCH POLICY; v. 52, n. 4, p. 10-pg., 2023-02-08.
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The COVID-19 pandemic, which featured international pharmaceutical firms seeking to build global manufacturing networks to scale -up the supply of vaccines, has generated heightened interest in understanding the role of firm -to -firm technology transfer. While considerable attention has been given to tracking the extent of international vaccine technology transfer, we know little about how partnerships were established and work in practice. Understanding the challenges that such projects face, and how such challenges may be overcome, is crucially important. This paper provides an account of the partnership between the British -Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, the vaccine developer that has engaged in the most technology transfer and built the widest global manufacturing network, and Bio-Manguinhos, a public laboratory linked to Brazil's Ministry of Health. The case study demonstrates the importance of capabilities and regulatory flexibility. Moreover, the analysis highlights the role of political factors that affect the process of technology transfer, and innovation more broadly. Because of the risks involved and the need to quickly mobilize existing capabilities and build new ones, as well as the imperatives of coordinating among manufacturing and regulatory processes and allocating resources to make such arrangements feasible, technology transfer projects need to be enabled politically. Looking forward, the case study has implications for initiatives to expand technology transfer for broadened production of vaccines in the Global South. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 22/07849-0 - Sociedade civil, a pandemia de COVID-19 e o acesso universal a medicamentos no Brasil: construindo um sistema melhor
Beneficiário:Helena de Moraes Achcar
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado
Processo FAPESP: 21/06202-0 - A política do complexo industrial da saúde em tempos de transformação
Beneficiário:Elize Massard da Fonseca
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Jovens Pesquisadores - Fase 2
Processo FAPESP: 20/05230-8 - Enfrentamento ao COVID-19: Brasil em perspectiva comparada
Beneficiário:Elize Massard da Fonseca
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular