In race for Ebola vaccines, technical hurdles loom large
by The Daily Eye Team October 31 2014, 11:23 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 21 secsDrugmakers sprinting to develop Ebola vaccines face a series of technical hurdles if they are to get millions of doses ready for use next year — even assuming clinical trials are successful.
The challenges include finding sufficient sterile capacity for filling and packaging finished vials, getting fast quality approvals from regulators, and building a supply chain in Africa for products that must be stored at minus 80 degrees Celsius.