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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
They're accelerating production hence they're supplying Pfizer currently; ensuring that 100% of Pfizer vaccine is not dependent on the UK.
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It was recently been confirmed on ITV news that an essential component is
only produced in the UK and the US.
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The East Yorkshire headquartered smart science specialist is supplying an ingredient used in the Pfizer BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine.
The carrier is used to transport the vaccine's active element into the body.
It is produced at sites in the UK and US.
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The contract with Pfizer runs for five years and awards Croda an initial supply contract for four component excipients - described as the vehicle to transfer the drug - for the first three years of the contract. Demand remains subject to relevant approvals.
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4 different lipids are used for the Pfizer vaccine. Others must be used for other products.
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Lipids
(4-hydroxybutyl)azanediyl)bis(hexane-6,1-diyl)bis (ALC-3015)
(2- hexyldecanoate),2-[(polyethylene glycol)-2000]-N,N-ditetradecylacetamide (ALC-0159)
1,2-distearoyl-snglycero-3-phosphocholine (DPSC)
cholesterol
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Via its newly acquired subsidiary, Avanti Polar Lipids, Croda has agreed to supply novel excipients used in the manufacture of Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate, for which 90% effectiveness has been claimed in human tests. The five-year deal includes an initial supply contract for four component excipients for the first three years.
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"Novel" as in new.
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Originally Posted by Damien
The U.K would have to respond in kind but it's probably best to be cautious before the Government starts sabre-rattling. I think the EU leadership would want nothing better than for Boris Johnson to start making counter-threats and turn this into a Britain vs EU thing for the benefit of their domestic audience.
The U.K should wait and see what they actually do. Then see if it does actually impact us. If they do a tokenistic block of some vaccines from some factories then we should roll our eyes and take the moral high ground leaving the EU looking petulant and ineffective.
If they do start making a notable impact on our vaccine supply and schedules then we have to respond by blocking the export of the ingredients needed. We should also make overtures to European-based pharmaceutical companies to move more production to the U.K on the promise we won't block them from honoring their contracts.
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My point over this, is that the EU goes on about reciprocity, when the UK is supplying 100% of an essential component for the Pfizer vaccine.
In general for a limited production product, it is first ordered, first supplied. The UK has ordered 100m doses of the AZ vaccine. The language used at the time of the pre-order strongly implied that the UK was at the head of the queue for being supplied. That was 3 months before any EU-related deal.