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About this interview: Hedley Rees is a passionate advocate of modernising the pharmaceutical industry. He founded his company Pharmaflow in 2005, specialising in clinical trials and commercial supply chains for biopharmaceuticals. Hedley is also author of Wiley’s Supply Chain Management in the Drug Industry: Delivering Patient Value for Pharmaceuticals and Biologics. The go to manual on pharma supply chain. Prior to this, Hedley held senior positions at Bayer UK, British Biotech, Vernalis, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics and OSI Pharmaceuticals (now Astellas). He holds a degree in production engineering from Cardiff University and an Executive MBA from Cranfield School of Management. His latest project is Inside Pharma, (@hedleyrees.substack.com), a daily newsletter educating pharma outsiders to the internal workings of the pharmaceutical industry. In September 2023 Hedley signed a new contract with Wiley to write a second book titled Transforming the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain, aimed at graduates, professionals and practitioners in pharmaceutical sciences. In this conversation I talk about the normal steps in drug development, how things have gone wrong in the industry and the scandal behind the Covid Vaccine rollout. I hope you enjoy the conversation! Links - Substack
Hedley Rees Substack Twitter
Creating Medicines for the 21st Century Twitter Book
Covid 19 Supply Chain Fact Fiction Book

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The United States has never undertaken a vaccination campaign of the scale and speed of the Covid-19 program. Despite a few glitches, the country appears to be on track to offer shots to all adults who want one by May 1.

We look at the ups and downs in the American vaccination campaign and describe what life after inoculation might look like.

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Background reading: 

• It’s not clear how easily vaccinated people may spread the virus, but the answer to that question is coming soon. Until then, scientists urge caution.
• Many scientists are expecting another rise in infections. But this time, vaccinations should help to counter the surge. By summer, Americans may be looking at a return to normal life.

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