, based at the government's secretive Porton Down site in Wiltshire, is positioning the UK as the global leader in vaccine development. It is working towards a '100-day mission' to deploy vaccines within three months of a virus being detected in humans. The new £65 million facility is the only place in the world with the capacity to carry out every stage of vaccine development,){kind=link}
Britain could roll out vaccines within 100 days of a deadly virus emerging under a new programme designed to stop future pandemics in their tracks.
Hundreds of scientists have begun work on the high-security project, developing “prototype” vaccines against diseases including bird flu and preparing for any unknown future threat, described as “Disease X”.
The Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre (VDEC), based at the government’s secretive Porton Down site in Wiltshire, is positioning the UK as the global leader in vaccine development. It is working towards a “100-day mission” to deploy vaccines within three months of a virus being detected in humans.
The new £65 million facility is the only place in the world with the capacity to carry out every stage of vaccine development,
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