By mid-April everything was in place to make our vaccine at scale: the production instructions or recipe, the starting material, the production cells, the funding, and a group of manufacturers to work with. Sandy and Adrian Hill had also brought the Serum Institute India (SII) on board. The SII are the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer. Their involvement would make it possible to produce enough vaccine not just for the UK but for the whole world, and irrespective of a country’s ability to pay. Then the AstraZeneca deal was announced on 30 April and things really took off. With their
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