mRNA vaccine politics: responsible governance coordination for vaccine innovation in times of urgency
COVID-19 crisis reaffirmed the power of a few companies to scale up production for mRNA vaccines, which created injustice as a few nations in the developed world benefited first from available vaccines, while LMICs waited at the back of the queue. Initiatives such as the South Africa mRNA tech trans...
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| description | COVID-19 crisis reaffirmed the power of a few companies to scale up production for mRNA vaccines, which created injustice as a few nations in the developed world benefited first from available vaccines, while LMICs waited at the back of the queue. Initiatives such as the South Africa mRNA tech transfer hub sought to address these concerns. The article engages in an analysis of the different visions that underpin the current vaccine innovation system and the South Africa tech transfer hub. I argue that the dominant vision of global scalability by pharmaceutical companies which are ‘too big to fail’ limits the transformative potential of the hub and I propose ways in which responsible governance coordination can address some of the failings of the system. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fe45d4869ded40678c5d4e8c35addb4a2025-08-20T03:40:43ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Responsible Innovation2329-94602329-90372024-12-0111110.1080/23299460.2024.2425121mRNA vaccine politics: responsible governance coordination for vaccine innovation in times of urgencyKaterina Sideri0Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University of Social and Political Science, Athens, GreeceCOVID-19 crisis reaffirmed the power of a few companies to scale up production for mRNA vaccines, which created injustice as a few nations in the developed world benefited first from available vaccines, while LMICs waited at the back of the queue. Initiatives such as the South Africa mRNA tech transfer hub sought to address these concerns. The article engages in an analysis of the different visions that underpin the current vaccine innovation system and the South Africa tech transfer hub. I argue that the dominant vision of global scalability by pharmaceutical companies which are ‘too big to fail’ limits the transformative potential of the hub and I propose ways in which responsible governance coordination can address some of the failings of the system.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2024.2425121MRNA vaccine innovation systemIrresponsibilityvisionsResponsible governance coordinationResponsibilization |
| spellingShingle | Katerina Sideri mRNA vaccine politics: responsible governance coordination for vaccine innovation in times of urgency Journal of Responsible Innovation MRNA vaccine innovation system Irresponsibility visions Responsible governance coordination Responsibilization |
| title | mRNA vaccine politics: responsible governance coordination for vaccine innovation in times of urgency |
| title_full | mRNA vaccine politics: responsible governance coordination for vaccine innovation in times of urgency |
| title_fullStr | mRNA vaccine politics: responsible governance coordination for vaccine innovation in times of urgency |
| title_full_unstemmed | mRNA vaccine politics: responsible governance coordination for vaccine innovation in times of urgency |
| title_short | mRNA vaccine politics: responsible governance coordination for vaccine innovation in times of urgency |
| title_sort | mrna vaccine politics responsible governance coordination for vaccine innovation in times of urgency |
| topic | MRNA vaccine innovation system Irresponsibility visions Responsible governance coordination Responsibilization |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2024.2425121 |
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