>>9174636 (pb) >>9177581 (lb) re: DOD contract for Syringes (Koska/ApiJect)

Noted issue: not enough glass vials to house vaccines

A solution: house vaccines in 1-use syringes

“ApiJect seeks to replace the world’s multi-dose glass vials with safer injection formats that cannot be reused or contaminated.”

https://www.apiject.com/about-us

“Even if a successful coronavirus vaccine is developed, billions could struggle to access it because of a global shortage of glass vials”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/even-if-a-successful-coronavirus-vaccine-is-developed-billions-could-struggle-to-access-it-because-of-a-global-shortage-of-glass-vials/ar-BB13MAMF

“when a safe and proven vaccine becomes available”

https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2184808/dod-awards-138-million-contract-enabling-prefilled-syringes-for-future-covid-19/source/GovDelivery/

“the goal of using WHO-approved syringes across the globe by 2020” - 2015

Koska came up with a syringe that falls apart after one use

Marc Koska: “So you say to the manufacturer, ‘let’s all make better products’, and they say ‘why?’ because there’s no guarantee that anyone is going to buy them.”

Marc Koska: Thirty years to get WHO turned around.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/feb/23/one-mans-campaign-to-eradicate-the-dirty-needles-that-kill-13-million-a-year