TA: What types of vaccines are the most promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates? If we are talking about a vaccine that has already been tested and approved, we could generalize and say that one batch of vaccine, consisting of a couple thousand doses, may take 2-6 weeks to go from starting with raw materials to being a completed vaccine in a vial or syringe. It speaks volumes about the efforts put into pandemic preparedness and response.Īs for actual manufacturing time, that can be affected by the type of vaccine being made – though this isn’t really relevant for COVID-19, since all of the vaccines being considered for COVID-19 take about the same amount of time to manufacture. That makes it truly amazing that we already have one authorized vaccine for COVID-19, and are evaluating stage 3 clinical trial data on others. But it traditionally has taken 5-10 years to get a new vaccine. It depends a lot on how much information is available about the disease itself, how the disease infects people and spreads, and so on. Do you mean actually manufacturing a vaccine that is already created? Or do you mean designing a new vaccine?ĭeveloping a new vaccine from scratch takes considerable time. Jennifer Pancorbo: There are two ways to interpret this question. The Abstract: How long does it take to make vaccines?
This post is part of a series of Q&As in which NC State experts address questions about the vaccines on issues ranging from safety to manufacturing to how the vaccines will be distributed.
Pancorbo is an expert in vaccine manufacturing, with particular expertise in viral vector vaccine development and production processes. To address those questions, we spoke with Jennifer Pancorbo, director of industry programs and research at NC State’s Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center. In this post, we focus on how long it takes to develop and manufacture vaccines – particularly those designed to protect against COVID-19.
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