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Vaccine Innovation for Pandemic Preparedness: Patent Landscape, Global Sustainability, and Circular Bioeconomy in Post-COVID-19 era

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  • Cristina Possas

    (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation)

  • Adelaide Maria Souza Antunes

    (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
    National Institute of Industrial Property)

  • Alessandra Moreira Oliveira

    (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
    National Institute of Industrial Property)

  • Cristina d’Urso Souza Mendes Santos

    (National Institute of Industrial Property)

  • Mateus Pinheiro Ramos

    (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

  • Suzanne Oliveira Rodrigues Schumacher

    (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

  • Akira Homma

    (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation)

Abstract

In this article, we present breakthroughs and challenges in vaccine development for COVID-19 pandemic, discussing issues related to pandemic preparedness and their implications for circular bioeconomy and sustainability. Notwithstanding the unprecedented accelerated speed of COVID-19 vaccine development, just 9 months after the emergence of the pandemic in Wuhan, China, benefiting from previous developments in SARS and MERS vaccines, significant gaps persist in global vaccine preparedness. These gaps include issues related to immunity and protection, particularly to the limited vaccine protection against recent emergence of concerning new viral variants in the UK, South Africa, and Brazil and the consequent need for vaccine redesign. We examine these gaps and discuss the main issues that could impact on global vaccine availability in the current pandemic scenario: (1) breakthroughs and constraints in development and production of leading global COVID-19 vaccines; (2) innovation and technological development advances and gaps, providing information on global patent assignees for COVID-19, SARS, and MERS vaccine patents; (3) local capacity for development and production of COVID-19, SARS, and MERS vaccines in three emerging agro-based countries (India, Brazil, and South Africa); and (4) future scenarios, examining how these issues and vaccines redesign for new SARS-CoV-2 variants could impact on global access to vaccines and implications for circular bioeconomy and sustainability in the post-COVID era.

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  • Cristina Possas & Adelaide Maria Souza Antunes & Alessandra Moreira Oliveira & Cristina d’Urso Souza Mendes Santos & Mateus Pinheiro Ramos & Suzanne Oliveira Rodrigues Schumacher & Akira Homma, 2021. "Vaccine Innovation for Pandemic Preparedness: Patent Landscape, Global Sustainability, and Circular Bioeconomy in Post-COVID-19 era," Circular Economy and Sustainability, Springer, vol. 1(4), pages 1439-1461, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:circec:v:1:y:2021:i:4:d:10.1007_s43615-021-00051-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s43615-021-00051-y
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