[escepticos] La vacuna de Oxford

[José María Mateos]

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 01:44:56PM +0200, Carlos Lobo Cartón wrote:
>Hola,
>
>A la velocidad que va el desarrollo de la vacuna de la Universidad de
>Oxford, ¿cómo se van a estudiar los posibles efectos secundarios a largo
>plazo? No soy precisamente antivacunas (en esta lista no creo que haya
>alguno), ni sé qué se considera "largo plazo" en el caso de las vacunas (¿6
>meses, 1 año, 5 años...?), pero lo cierto es que me da un poco de reparo.
>He hecho una búsqueda rápida y no he sabido encontrar nada relevante...

El Financial Times trae hoy esto (tras un muro de pago 
https://www.ft.com/content/12f7da5b-92c8-4050-bcea-e726b75eef4d), pero 
esto es justo lo que se estaba comentando por aquí:

> The European pharmaceutical industry’s vaccines lobby has pushed the 
> EU for exemptions that would protect its members from lawsuits if 
> there are problems with any new coronavirus vaccines, according to 
> people with knowledge of the discussions and an internal memo seen by 
> the Financial Times.
>
> The pandemic has compressed into months vaccine research and 
> development that can take years. Some potential vaccines are already 
> at the phase-three testing stage — the last step before they come to 
> regulators for approval. At the same time, governments around the 
> world have poured cash into research and development to try to save 
> lives and prevent economically crippling lockdowns.
>
> “The speed and scale of development and rollout do mean that it is 
> impossible to generate the same amount of underlying evidence that 
> normally would be available through extensive clinical trials and 
> healthcare providers building experience,” reads a memo circulated to 
> members by Vaccines Europe, a division of the European Federation of 
> Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations.
>
> The document says that this creates “inevitable” risks.

Saludos,

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