COVID-19 vaccine development built on > $17 billion in NIH funding for vaccine technologies

(Bentley University) The unprecedented development of COVID-19 vaccines less than a year after discovery of this virus was enabled by more than $17 billion of research on vaccine technologies funded by the NIH prior to the pandemic, according to new research from Bentley University's Center for Integration of Science and Industry. The article, " NIH funding for vaccine readiness before the COVID-19 pandemic, " demonstrates the critical role this broad foundation of government-funded research plays in ensuring vaccine readiness.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news