Some of the world's leading makers of flu vaccines say they could make hundreds of millions of bird flu shots for humans within months if a new strain of avian influenza ever jumps across the species divide.
There has also been a push among companies to develop a bird flu vaccine for poultry, a market potentially far larger than that for humans.
“We could potentially have a much worse problem with vaccine hoarding and vaccine nationalism in a flu outbreak than we saw with Covid-19,” said Dr Richard Hatchett, CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations , which helps fund vaccine research. WHO did not comment on the potential for vaccine hoarding in a flu pandemic but said mechanisms were being developed “so that countries can work together — not in competition with each other” to respond to such a crisis. It said it was “fully confident” manufacturers and member states would meet their obligations.In a pandemic, vaccine manufacturers would shift production of seasonal flu vaccines and instead make shots tailored to the new outbreak when needed.
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