“Dr. Yong” reveals that there is no new type of specific vaccine for Covid-19. But the trend of drug development is increasing.
Date 27 Apr 2022 time 10:25
Virology specialists say there is no specific vaccine for COVID-19 yet. But the trend of drug development is increasing.
On April 27, 65, Prof. Dr. Yong Phuworawan, head of the center specializing in virology Clinic, Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Post a message via Facebook stating that there is no vaccine for the new covid 19 vaccine. But the trend of drug development is increasing.
The current covid 19 vaccine is accepted to reduce the severity of the disease.
Developing a vaccine takes a long time. In normal times, safety is taken into account. The vaccine is given to healthy, normal people if the side effects are severe, unacceptable.
in an emergency severe epidemic Rapid vaccine development, haste to overcome the epidemic violent And it is used in emergencies when the disease has calmed or reduced the severity. Vaccine development takes into account to more safety
Vaccine Efficacy Studies It will take tens of thousands of volunteers. giving and not vaccinating compare
in contrast to the development of drugs used to treat patients The patient has symptoms already suffering Patient-specific drug efficacy studies Not many patients in comparison will be in the hundreds or thousands only Clinical studies will be a much less investment.
The likelihood of COVID-19 getting a new vaccine to match the species or have better performance It’s specific, so it doesn’t happen right now. Because doing Phase 3 requires a large number of healthy volunteers, it is a very high investment and the disease tends to be less severe. therefore tend to turn to drug development more
Thailand developed our own flu vaccine. Since the 2009 influenza outbreak until now, there is no Thai flu vaccine that has been used.
