Dr. David Martin on Trump signing the EO to modernize influenza vaccines

Dr. David Martin on Trump signing the EO to modernize influenza vaccines

“My guess is he still doesn’t entirely know what those things [mRNA vaccines] mean”

The EO assigns special responsibilities to BARDA:

“(C)  further support the conduct, in collaboration with the DOD, BARDA, and CDC, of applied scientific research regarding developing cell lines and expression systems that markedly increase the yield of cell-based and recombinant influenza vaccine manufacturing processes; and
(D)  assess, in coordination with BARDA and relevant vaccine manufacturers, the use and potential effects of using advanced manufacturing platforms for influenza vaccines;”