The approval and rollout of the multiple Covid-19 vaccines has been a bright spot in a year which saw the world plunged into an unprecedented uncertainty. However, the current vaccines each have specific criteria which must be met in order to make sure they are effective, which has meant that the supply chain has had to consider smart ways to ensure successful delivery.
The past year has taught us many things about the healthcare sector – not least the extraordinary impact of big data analytics. As healthcare researchers and clinicians have gathered more data about Covid-19, from the genomic sequence of individual variants of the virus, to the typical progression of symptoms among different demographics, to the effects of various interventions, so the global response to the pandemic has become more intelligent and more efficient.