The head of the Russian institute behind a new COVID-19 vaccine claims Western research institutions are trying to poach its scientists.
Alexander Gintsburg, director of the Gamaleya Institute, claimed that attempts to court veteran researchers who developed what has been touted as the world’s first coronavirus vaccine will be unsuccessful.
“Our researchers have been working at the Gamaleya Institute for 10 years,” Gintsburg told the Rossiya-1 television channel, according to Russian news agency Tass.
“Any American or European university can only dream of having such researchers. And they are seeking to lure them away. But they won’t be able to.”
Gintsburg provided no evidence that Western rivals had attempted to lure the scientists elsewhere.
His claims come after Russia became the first country to grant regulatory approval of a coronavirus vaccine.
The rapid approval of the new drug, however, has faced skepticism from experts who question the drug’s safety.
The vaccine has not yet completed its final trials, and only underwent two months of human testing.
But Russian health officials on Wednesday dismissed the criticism as “groundless.”
“It seems our foreign colleagues are sensing the specific competitive advantages of the Russian drug and are trying to express opinions that in our opinion are completely groundless,” Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said.
With Post wires
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