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[space~farm]

Uhhhh it’s honestly way different.

Sure it’s a subcutaneous injection, but it’s still a cryopreserved autologous cellular product. That means careful considerations need to be in place for ~~ -200 C (colder than Covid vaccine) and thawing.

Covid vaccine has stability for ~30 day at 2-8 C if it’s not exposed to ambient temps. Covid vaccines are generic and can be administered to anyone. Once you thaw dc-vax it likely needs to be injected relatively quickly due to cryopreservation w/ DMSO. Not to mention GBM patients receiving this are obviously nowhere near as healthy as the average flu vaccine recipient and will need to be monitored in an in patient setting. ( academic hospital and not Walgreens lmao)

[beartrap12]

drugrunner, I think Walgreens/pharmacies will probably be used to administer DCVax shots to specific patients mainly in areas where doctor's offices and clinics are scarce. We learned during the pandemic that there are many areas where patients have a long distance to travel to find a doctor, while Walgreens and Riteaids are in every small community, within 5 miles of most of the US population.