Tackling the Global Vaccine Distribution Challenge

A breakthrough in nanotechnology accelerates vaccine production

While COVID-19 hotspots have continued to emerge driven by the Delta variants, the data still shows that vaccinations are effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths. While over 4 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide, only 27% of the world’s population and only 1.1% of people in low-income countries have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. While there are many supply chain challenges for the production and distribution of these vaccines (refrigeration, costs, and transportation), one in particular is the production of lipid nanoparticles for vaccines.