How does France position itself in the global race to develop a vaccine against Covid-19?
“For the vaccine, we trust the companies”
, explained on August 28 the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran.
Earlier in the month he explained that he was not
"in the situation of a French doctor"
, pleading for research on an international scale.
And for good reason, the development of these protective treatments has not been the prerogative of States for many years.
“Developing a vaccine and marketing it is now an industrial issue,”
confirms Christophe d'Enfert, scientific director of the Institut Pasteur.
It is therefore not surprising that the most promising projects are carried out by large laboratories.
That said, when we look at Russia, or even the United States, we say to ourselves that the states still have their say. ”
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