An interesting article in today’s news feed on COVID-19 vaccine development. I’d known that the reason why many potential vaccines never get developed was my old favourite “follow the money”. It’s simply less profitable for pharmaceutical companies to develop vaccines (which are intended to kill off viruses like measles) than to develop new drugs to treat chronic ie. recurring diseases like diabetes or Alzheimer’s. This article highlights why new vaccines typically take 10 years to come to market - again, it’s “follow the money”. It is simply too big an investment to make sure everything is available upfront (such as manufacturing facilities) for something that may likely fail before it gets released.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/coronav.../#6050ca2663fb