Jakarta –
Name Sarah Gilbert many are discussed. He is a COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine scientist who willingly relinquishes patents.
Sarah Gilbert revealed to the British parliament that she did not want to take the full patent for this vaccine.
“I don’t want to take (patent rights). We should be able to share and let everyone make their own vaccine,” Sarah said, quoted from Reuters, Tuesday (20/7/2021).
Sarah recently earned the respect of the Wimbledon crowd before the game started. Reported by news.trust.org, the audience praised the efforts of Sarah’s team who have contributed to England’s fight against COVID-19. But they praised Gilbert and the National Health Service (NHS) staff.
Sarah Gilbert is a 59-year-old professor of Vaccinology at the University of Oxford. Not only the COVID-19 vaccine, he has also developed various vaccines for influenza and Ebola vaccines.
Quoted from biospace.com, the vaccine created by Sarah’s team was announced on November 23 last. It has been tested in the UK and Brazil and is up to 90% effective.
The AstraZeneca vaccine is effective in preventing the transmission of COVID-19 without hospitalization or severe cases in people who have been injected. Oxford University and AstraZeneca team up with companies spinout Oxford Vaccitech which is startup made Sarah Gilbert.
The price of the AstraZeneca vaccine per dose varies in some countries, for example US$ 2.15 in the United States (US). Then in the European Union US$ 3-4. The price is the cheapest when compared to other vaccines.
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