Vandersmissen W
SmithKline Beecham Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium.
Vaccine. 1992;10(13):955-7. doi: 10.1016/0264-410x(92)90333-f.
Availability of vaccines may be temporarily affected by sudden peak demand, coming on top of the vast increases of regular demand that the world has witnessed; this must be addressed by sound planning, and flexibility both from manufacturers and users. Temporary shortages are not structural in nature, and capacity is at hand to meet demand. Transfer of technology to developing nations is not likely to make the supply of vaccines of good quality any easier, faster or substantially cheaper, as the constraints that determine vaccine manufacture will not change merely by locating a production unit in a developing nation.
疫苗的供应可能会因突然出现的需求高峰而暂时受到影响，而在此之前全球常规需求已大幅增长；这必须通过合理规划以及制造商和用户双方的灵活性来解决。临时短缺并非结构性问题，现有产能足以满足需求。向发展中国家转让技术不太可能使优质疫苗的供应变得更容易、更快或大幅降低成本，因为决定疫苗生产的制约因素不会仅仅因为在发展中国家设立一个生产单位就发生改变。
