The Vax Files

In this eighth episode, The Covax Files takes a mini world tour on some mass vaccinations programs that started in December 2020 and January 2021.  Surani speaks to experts in different regions to get...

10 Feb 202131min

In this seventh episode, experts discuss how the vaccine gets from the manufacturers gate into a patient’s arm and all the challenges in between. The episode looks at how transportation and storage ha...

3 Feb 202131min

In this sixth episode, experts discuss how vaccine development complexities often boil down to the manufacturing process and scaling up to large quantities. We take a look at how manufacturing process...

27 Jan 202133min

This fifth episode takes a look at some of the next vaccines in the development pipeline that could be equally important when it comes to ending the pandemic with a selection of different vaccines. We...

20 Jan 202133min

Adenoviral vector vaccines are seen as the vaccine for the world given that they are cheaper to produce and easier to distribute versus mRNA vaccines. We learn about their development in the lab and c...

13 Jan 202130min

In this third episode, experts discuss the two big mRNA vaccine breakthroughs from Pfizer/BionTech and Moderna, which now have emergency use authorisations in a number of countries. We hear their firs...

13 Jan 202135min

In this second episode, experts talk about what goes into designing a clinical trial, how they are set up to give answers and where they can be flawed. We'll look at a few key questions about the ongo...

13 Jan 202129min

In this introductory episode, Surani speaks to Kent Collier, the independent sponsor of the podcast, about what this series hopes to achieve. This episode sets us up with some foundations on vaccine d...

13 Jan 202127min