NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

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These are full-service pharmacies that do vaccinations and are staffed by professional pharmacists who have the same qualifications as pharmacists in any hospital. The covid vaccines require frozen storage - the first ones required much lower temps than now but that makes me think that any pharmacy that provided covid vaccinations probably has deep freezers that can store DcVax.

Now, what is required to administer the vaccine? If it's a simple intermuscular injection clearly any pharmacist can give the shot. As far as I know, it's not given IV, if that were the case then probably they don't do that in a pharmacy, probably that requires at least an RN. Many patients will not be within a short drive of their nearest academic cancer center, so if the infusion of Dc-Vax consists of a mere injection it's more than a little inconvenient for the patients to commute many times to the cancer center just to get an injection. isn't it? If it's just an injection like the pharmacies are doing for many other vaccines, and if they have the requisite deep freezing cold storage freezers then I don't see any reason that NWBO could not contract with a Walgreens or similar mega chain drug store for distribution to patients. And that seems likely to be the most economical for all involved.

The fact that Walgreens also sells ice cream has nothing to do with their pharmacy operations, don't be daft about that. Covid and many other vaccines are also provided in retail pharmacies attached to grocery stores like Safeway. Those pharmacists are also as qualified as pharmacists anywhere - they aren't working in any department other than the pharmacies that supply prescription meds to most members of their communities.