What is COVAX-19, the most advanced of Australia's remaining local COVID vaccine candidates?
- Written by: Paul Griffin, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Queensland
David Mariuz/AAPAustralia’s current crop of COVID-19 vaccines consists of a shot by American biotechnology company Pfizer, which we import, and the vaccine by British-Swedish multinational AstraZeneca, the bulk of which we manufacture onshore in Melbourne under license.
We don’t currently have a locally-made COVID vaccine at our...