That’s only for raw materials. Actual production seems to have involved a fair amount of skilled labor per dose which probably dominates the $2 figure. A commercial vaccine can automate that but then you’ve got lots of development costs as well as logistics and compliance to worry about. I wouldn’t expect that this vaccine is especially cheap.
That’s only for raw materials. Actual production seems to have involved a fair amount of skilled labor per dose which probably dominates the $2 figure. A commercial vaccine can automate that but then you’ve got lots of development costs as well as logistics and compliance to worry about. I wouldn’t expect that this vaccine is especially cheap.