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Vaccines: "Vae victis!"

2021-02-02T20:40:46.804Z


The Figaro editorial, by Jacques-Olivier Martin. Of course we do not always win when it comes to medical research! The probability of finding a successful treatment is even very low, less than 0.1% success rate. Of the hundreds of Covid vaccine projects launched a year ago in Western countries, three have received marketing authorization - an achievement, it cannot be repeated enough - and a small handful are expected to be licensed before 'autu


Of course we do not always win when it comes to medical research!

The probability of finding a successful treatment is even very low, less than 0.1% success rate.

Of the hundreds of Covid vaccine projects launched a year ago in Western countries, three have received marketing authorization - an achievement, it cannot be repeated enough - and a small handful are expected to be licensed before 'autumn.

Behind, dozens of teams threw in the towel or fell behind.

There are the winners: German, American, British laboratories… And the vanquished: Sanofi, the Institut Pasteur, France… The defeat is bitter because we are the only major country in the pharmaceutical industry not to have succeeded , because Pasteur's homeland has always been one of the world champions in terms of vaccine research, because our sovereignty is once again under threat.

Clearly, the Covid crisis is severe for our country.

In spring, the

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Source: lefigaro

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