Howard College School of Law, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Apr;21(4):e103-e109. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30923-3. Epub 2020 Dec 8.
An efficacious COVID-19 vaccine is currently the world's leading research priority. Several nations have indicated that if there is a compelling case for use of a vaccine before it is licensed, they would be prepared to authorise its emergency use or conditional approval on public health grounds. As of Dec 1, 2020, several developers of leading COVID-19 candidate vaccines have indicated that they have applied, or intend to apply, for emergency authorisation for their vaccines. Should candidate vaccines attain emergency use designation and be programmatically deployed before their phase 3 trials conclude, such a strategy could have far reaching consequences for COVID-19 vaccine research and the effective control of the COVID-19 pandemic. These issues merit careful consideration.
目前,世界各国都将研发有效的 COVID-19 疫苗作为首要任务。一些国家表示,如果有充分的理由在疫苗获得许可之前使用,他们将准备根据公共卫生理由授权其紧急使用或有条件批准。截至 2020 年 12 月 1 日,几种领先的 COVID-19 候选疫苗的开发商表示,他们已经申请或打算申请其疫苗的紧急授权。如果候选疫苗在其 3 期临床试验结束之前获得紧急使用指定并在计划中部署,那么这种策略可能会对 COVID-19 疫苗研究和有效控制 COVID-19 大流行产生深远影响。这些问题值得认真考虑。