The NIH is the major governmental funding agency for research and innovation in medicine. Other government agencies, universities, and private companies contribute to the development, testing, and distribution of medical treatments. Explore the links provided to websites and documents that provide information about how the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were created. Provide citation information for the support materials (websites, documents) that you use. You do not need to use ALL of the support materials provided.
Describe the innovation ecosystem within which the Covid-19 mRNA vaccines were developed. (1 page)
Identify the key actors in the ecosystem, and what they contributed to this innovation process.
Create a picture or figure that illustrates network of connections in this ecosystem. For example, what types of entities have a role in the ecosystem?. Consider how these entities connected and what flows through these connections (e.g., money, knowledge, expertise, human capital). (1 page)
Apply what you learned about the importance of networks and platforms to the development of the vaccines. How were networks important? Can you apply the idea of innovation platforms to this example? (1 page)
“Transformative Technologies"
Citation: National Institutes of Health (NIH). (2020). Transformative technologies. https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/nih-turning-discovery-into-health/transformative-technologies
“NIH to Launch Public-Private Partnership to Speed COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment Options”
Citation: National Institutes of Health (NIH). (2020). NIH to launch public-private partnership to speed COVID-19 vaccine and treatment options. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-launch-public-private-partnership-speed-covid-19-vaccine-treatment-options
NIH funding for covid 19 https://covid19.nih.gov/
NIH Strategic Response to Covid 19 https://covid19.nih.gov/nih-strategic-response-covid-19 https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-launches-clinical-trials-network-test-covid-19-vaccines-other-prevention-tools
NIH Clinical Trials Network
NIH Covid 19 Strategic Plan https://classes.pace.edu/content/enforced/325677-MBA-816-77621.202170/NIH-Wide-COVID-19-StratPlan_2021_508_1.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=ZdYZfNk3W2XY7HAInUdbp3P8O
Moderna mRNA collaborators https://www.modernatx.com/about-us/mrna-strategic-collaborators
mRNA technology platform https://www.modernatx.com/mrna-technology/mrna-platform-enabling-drug-discovery-development
Moderna Corp Report Aug 2021 https://classes.pace.edu/content/enforced/325677-MBA-816-77621.202170/Moderna%20Corporate%20Report%20Aug%202021.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=ZdYZfNk3W2XY7HAInUdbp3P8O
Moderna Vaccines Day Presentation https://classes.pace.edu/content/enforced/325677-MBA-816-77621.202170/Vaccines%20Day%20Master%20FINAL_Updated%20(04.15.21).pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=ZdYZfNk3W2XY7HAInUdbp3P8O
BioNTech technology platform https://biontech.de/science/platforms
BioNTech Corp Presentation Oct 2021 https://classes.pace.edu/content/enforced/325677-MBA-816-77621.202170/BioNTech%20Corporate%20Presentation%20October%201%202021_F.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=ZdYZfNk3W2XY7HAInUdbp3P8O
Pfizer - technology platform https://www.pfizer.com/science/research-development
BioNTech Project Lightspeed https://biontech.de/covid-19-portal/project-lightspeed
Pfizer vaccine manufacturing
https://www.pfizer.com/news/hot-topics/scaling_up_to_manufacture_and_supply_a_covid_19_vaccine_if_approved