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The repeated setbacks of HIV vaccine development laid the groundwork for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.
Harris, Jeffrey E.
  • Harris JE; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Health Policy Technol ; 11(2): 100619, 2022 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1873049
ABSTRACT
The decades-long effort to produce a workable HIV vaccine has hardly been a waste of public and private resources. To the contrary, the scientific know-how acquired along the way has served as the critical foundation for the development of vaccines against the novel, pandemic SARS-CoV-2 virus. We retell the real-world story of HIV vaccine research - with all its false leads and missteps - in a way that sheds light on the current state of the art of antiviral vaccines. We find that HIV-related R&D had more than a general spillover effect. In fact, the repeated failures of phase 2 and 3 clinical trials of HIV vaccine candidates have served as a critical stimulus to the development of successful vaccine technologies today. We rebut the counterargument that HIV vaccine development has been no more than a blind alley, and that recently developed vaccines against COVID-19 are really descendants of successful vaccines against Ebola, MERS, and SARS. These successful vaccines likewise owe much to the vicissitudes of HIV vaccine development. We then discuss how the failures of HIV vaccine development have taught us how adapt SARS-CoV-2 vaccines to immune escape from emerging variants. Finally, we inquire whether recent advances in the development of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 might in turn further the development of an HIV vaccine - what we describe as a reverse spillover effect.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Prognostic study Topics: Vaccines / Variants Language: English Journal: Health Policy Technol Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.hlpt.2022.100619

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Prognostic study Topics: Vaccines / Variants Language: English Journal: Health Policy Technol Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.hlpt.2022.100619