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'''Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology''' is a [[Russia]]n research vaccine institute which is headquartered in [[Moscow]] and is currently under the purview of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. The [[Gamaleya Research Institute]] was founded in 1891 and was named after the prominent Russian scientist [[Nikolay Gamaleya]] who was known as a pioneer in microbiology and vaccine research in Russia. The [[GRIEM]] is currently developing a vaccine in collaboration with the 48th Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defence and with the [[Vektor Institute]] to curb the [[COVID-19]] pandemic.
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'''Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology''' (GRIEM) is a [[Russia]]n research vaccine institute responsible for the [[Sputnik V]] [[COVID-vaccine]], which is being injected into several hundred million people in Russia and around the world.
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“It usually takes about five years to develop and introduce a vaccine into clinical practice. Russian scientists have completed it in 2.5 months. They themselves created a vaccine and tested it on themselves,” Russian TV announced on May 19, 2020.<ref name=1tv>https://www.1tv.ru/news/2020-05-19/386138-v_institute_gamalei_rasskazali_ob_odnoy_iz_pervyh_v_mire_gotovyh_vaktsin_ot_koronavirusa</ref>
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"The vaccine created using this technology protected both humans and experimental animals with 100% effectiveness. Recently, a year and a half ago, we created a vaccine against the MERS virus, this is the [[Middle East respiratory syndrome]], the closest relative of COVID-19,” Gamaleya director [[Alexander Gintsburg]] explained.<ref name=1tv/>
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What he left out, was that from [[2009]] to [[2021]], Gamaleya's four previous attempts at creating vaccines either failed or are still in trials.<ref>four previous attempts at creating vaccines either failed or are still in trials.</ref>
  
 
== History ==
 
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It was founded in 1891 as a private chemical microscopic and bacterial laboratory and was later transformed into a private chemical bacteriological institute of F. M. Blumenthal. The Institute was nationalised in 1919.  
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It was founded in [[1891]] as a private chemical microscopic and bacterial laboratory. The Institute was nationalised in 1919. It headquartered in [[Moscow]] and is currently under the purview of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. The [[Gamaleya Research Institute]] was founded in 1891 and was named after the prominent Russian scientist [[Nikolay Gamaleya]] who was known as a pioneer in microbiology and vaccine research in Russia. The [[GRIEM]] is currently developing a vaccine in collaboration with the 48th Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defence and with the [[Vektor Institute]] to curb the [[COVID-19]] pandemic.
  
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== Researches ==
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== Research==
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=== Ebola vaccine ===
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About 2,000 people in Guinea received injections of [[Ebola]] vaccine in 2017-18 as part of a Phase 3 clinical trial.  GRIEM’s Ebola vaccines only have emergency use authorization in Russia<ref>https://sputnikvaccine.com/about-us/</ref>. Gamaleya also decided against applying for the [[WHO]]’s emergency use assessment and listing procedure (EUAL) for candidate medicines<ref>https://www.who.int/immunization/sage/meetings/2018/october/2_Ebola_SAGE2018Oct_BgDoc_20180919.pdf?ua=1</ref>
  
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=== Ebola ===
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==MERS vaccine ==
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In May 2017, the [[GRIEM]] announced that it would deliver 1000 doses of an independently produced vaccine, [[Gam-Evac-Combi]], to [[Guinea]] for [[Ebola]] testing. According to a [[Xinhua News Agency|Xinhua]] report, it is the only officially authorised and approved [[Ebola]] vaccine for clinical use to date.<ref>[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-05/18/c_136293017.htm "Russia to deliver Ebola vaccines to Guinea by end of June: Health Ministry - Xinhua"]</ref>
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As of December 2020, Gamaleya’s [[MERS]] vaccines are still undergoing trials<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7749790/</ref>, and have not been approved anywhere in the world—including [[Russia]]<ref>https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-(mers-cov)</ref>.
 
   
 
   
 
=== COVID-19 vaccine ===
 
=== COVID-19 vaccine ===
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Early in 2020 the Gamaleya Research Institute began research and development into a potential [[COVID-19/Vaccine]]. In May 2020, the [[GRIEM]] announced that it had developed the vaccine, which does not have any side effects.<ref>''[https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/russia-plans-to-start-producing-coronavirus-vaccine-in-september "Russia plans to start producing coronavirus vaccine in September]''</ref>
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[[image:Gamaleya Center2.png|thumb|In July 2021 the newspaper [[Novyye Izvestiya]] had a look around one of the buildings on Gamaleya’s campus: "This temple of science looks more like an abandoned one, at best - resettled for demolition.But, to our surprise, we found employees coming in and out of the front door...It is impossible to believe that it was here that a saving development for humanity was born...as if everyone had forgotten about the building since the [[Second World War]] - it clearly needs urgent emergency measures.... The security guard said that this is the so-called "vaccine building", where scientists are busy working on their developments, and the bosses have a separate building nearby."<ref name=Izvestiya>https://newizv.ru/news/science/24-07-2021/razruha-ubozhestvo-i-novyy-limuzin-dlya-nachalstva-kak-vyglyadit-institut-gamalei</ref><ref> https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/quiz-gamaleya-center-or-crack-house</ref>]]
  
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The project was funded by Russia's National Property Fund. Phase 1 of [[COVID-19]] trials were completed on 18 June 2020 and Phase 2 was successfully completed in July 2020.<ref>''[https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/world-news-russia-becomes-first-country-to-finish-human-trials-for-covid-19-vaccine/356565 "Russian University Says It Has Finished Human Trials For Covid-19 Vaccine"]''</ref> Human trials had begun on 18 June, with nine volunteers on the main vaccine and nine trialling the booster dose version. In mid-July the institute director, [[Alexander Ginsburg]], said "Around 14-15 August, I hope, the small amount of vaccine that we should be able to produce will enter public circulation", which was reported as equivalent to a Phase III trial with vaccinated people remaining under medical supervision.<ref>''[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-may-start-phase-iii-trial-of-covid-19-vaccine-in-mid-august-ria-idUSKCN24E1TG "Russia may start Phase III trial of COVID-19 vaccine in mid-August: RIA"]''</ref>
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Early in 2020 the Gamaleya Research Institute began research and development into a potential [[COVID-19/Vaccine]]. In May 2020, the [[GRIEM]] announced that it had developed the vaccine, which does not have any side effects.<ref>''[https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/russia-plans-to-start-producing-coronavirus-vaccine-in-september "Russia plans to start producing coronavirus vaccine in September]''</ref> [[Sputnik V]] represents Gamaleya’s fifth attempt at creating a vaccine — its four previous attempts either failed or are still in trials.
  
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On 11 August 2020, ''Science Magazine'' reported that [[Russia]] had "approved" the world’s first [[COVID-19]] vaccine, as the nation’s Ministry of Health issued what’s called a registration certificate for a vaccine candidate that has been tested in just 76 people. The certificate allows the vaccine, developed by the [[Gamaleya Research Institute]] in [[Moscow]], to be given to “a small number of citizens from vulnerable groups,” including medical staff and the elderly. But the certificate stipulates that the vaccine cannot be used widely until 1 January 2021, presumably after larger clinical trials have been completed.
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Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] reportedly endorsed the use of the ''Gam-COVID-Vac Lyo'' vaccine, which is dubbed "[[Sputnik V]]” saying it had “passed all necessary steps” and noting that one of his adult daughters had received it. (Putin has not clearly acknowledged his children in public, but he does sometimes refer to them; one is a medical doctor in Moscow.) Putin, who apparently made these comments at a government meeting, added, “I hope we can start a massive release of this vaccine soon.”
  
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[[GRIEM]] has developed vaccines before, and [[Mikhail Murashko]], the Russian minister of health, said in a government press release that the [[COVID-19]] vaccine showed “high efficacy and safety” and there were no serious side effects. The same release suggested the vaccine would confer 2 years of immunity to [[SARS-CoV-2]], the virus that causes [[COVID-19]]. That estimate is apparently based on vaccines GRIEM has made with similar technology.
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On 12 August 2020, [[Moon of Alabama]] reported that Western media had indulged in an anti-Russian frenzy to sow fear and doubt about the vaccine based on a willful misinterpretation of the Russian announcement: "[[Russia]] has not approved a vaccine against [[Covid-19]] and it is not skipping large-scale clinical trials."<ref>''[https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/08/western-media-falsely-claim-that-russias-covid-19-vaccine-is-ready-to-go.html "'Western' Media Falsely Claim That Russia's Covid-19 Vaccine Is Ready To Go"]''</ref>
  
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Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] reportedly endorsed the use of the [[Gam-COVID-Vac Lyo]] vaccine, which is dubbed "[[Sputnik V]]” saying it had “passed all necessary steps” and noting that one of his adult daughters had received it. (Putin has not clearly acknowledged his children in public, but he does sometimes refer to them; one is a medical doctor in Moscow.) Putin, who apparently made these comments at a government meeting, added, “I hope we can start a massive release of this vaccine soon.”
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==Further reading==
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*[https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/quiz-gamaleya-center-or-crack-house IMPRESSIVE SQUALOR: Sputnik V invented in a halfway house?]
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*[https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/sputnik-v-is-sketchy Sputnik V is sketchy]
  
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The Russian registration certificate gives few details about the vaccine, which is being manufactured by [https://pharmaboardroom.com/directory/binnopharm/ Binnopharm] in Zelenograd.<ref>''[https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/370/bmj.m3205.full.pdf Covid-19: "Russia approves vaccine without large scale testing or published results"]''</ref>
 
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The company says it can produce 1.5 million doses of the product per year and hopes to expand its manufacturing capacity. The [[Sputnik V]] website says a Phase III efficacy trial involving more than 2000 people will begin on 12 August in [[Russia]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Brazil]], and [[Mexico]]. Mass production of the vaccine is slated to begin in September.<ref>''[https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/russia-s-approval-covid-19-vaccine-less-meets-press-release "Russia’s approval of a COVID-19 vaccine is less than meets the press release"]''</ref>
 
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On 12 August 2020, [[Moon of Alabama]] reported that Western media had indulged in an anti-Russian frenzy to sow fear and doubt about the vaccine based on a willful misinterpretation of the Russian announcement: "[[Russia]] has not approved a vaccine against [[Covid-19]] and it is not skipping large-scale clinical trials."<ref>''[https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/08/western-media-falsely-claim-that-russias-covid-19-vaccine-is-ready-to-go.html "'Western' Media Falsely Claim That Russia's Covid-19 Vaccine Is Ready To Go"]''</ref>
 
 
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Revision as of 23:43, 2 November 2021

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Russian research institute responsible for the Sputnik V vaccine, after having failed in its four other vaccine developments.

Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology (GRIEM) is a Russian research vaccine institute responsible for the Sputnik V COVID-vaccine, which is being injected into several hundred million people in Russia and around the world.

“It usually takes about five years to develop and introduce a vaccine into clinical practice. Russian scientists have completed it in 2.5 months. They themselves created a vaccine and tested it on themselves,” Russian TV announced on May 19, 2020.[2]

"The vaccine created using this technology protected both humans and experimental animals with 100% effectiveness. Recently, a year and a half ago, we created a vaccine against the MERS virus, this is the Middle East respiratory syndrome, the closest relative of COVID-19,” Gamaleya director Alexander Gintsburg explained.[2]

What he left out, was that from 2009 to 2021, Gamaleya's four previous attempts at creating vaccines either failed or are still in trials.[3]

History

It was founded in 1891 as a private chemical microscopic and bacterial laboratory. The Institute was nationalised in 1919. It headquartered in Moscow and is currently under the purview of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. The Gamaleya Research Institute was founded in 1891 and was named after the prominent Russian scientist Nikolay Gamaleya who was known as a pioneer in microbiology and vaccine research in Russia. The GRIEM is currently developing a vaccine in collaboration with the 48th Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defence and with the Vektor Institute to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research

Ebola vaccine

About 2,000 people in Guinea received injections of Ebola vaccine in 2017-18 as part of a Phase 3 clinical trial. GRIEM’s Ebola vaccines only have emergency use authorization in Russia[4]. Gamaleya also decided against applying for the WHO’s emergency use assessment and listing procedure (EUAL) for candidate medicines[5]

MERS vaccine

As of December 2020, Gamaleya’s MERS vaccines are still undergoing trials[6], and have not been approved anywhere in the world—including Russia[7].

COVID-19 vaccine

In July 2021 the newspaper Novyye Izvestiya had a look around one of the buildings on Gamaleya’s campus: "This temple of science looks more like an abandoned one, at best - resettled for demolition.But, to our surprise, we found employees coming in and out of the front door...It is impossible to believe that it was here that a saving development for humanity was born...as if everyone had forgotten about the building since the Second World War - it clearly needs urgent emergency measures.... The security guard said that this is the so-called "vaccine building", where scientists are busy working on their developments, and the bosses have a separate building nearby."[8][9]

Early in 2020 the Gamaleya Research Institute began research and development into a potential COVID-19/Vaccine. In May 2020, the GRIEM announced that it had developed the vaccine, which does not have any side effects.[10] Sputnik V represents Gamaleya’s fifth attempt at creating a vaccine — its four previous attempts either failed or are still in trials.

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly endorsed the use of the Gam-COVID-Vac Lyo vaccine, which is dubbed "Sputnik V” saying it had “passed all necessary steps” and noting that one of his adult daughters had received it. (Putin has not clearly acknowledged his children in public, but he does sometimes refer to them; one is a medical doctor in Moscow.) Putin, who apparently made these comments at a government meeting, added, “I hope we can start a massive release of this vaccine soon.”

On 12 August 2020, Moon of Alabama reported that Western media had indulged in an anti-Russian frenzy to sow fear and doubt about the vaccine based on a willful misinterpretation of the Russian announcement: "Russia has not approved a vaccine against Covid-19 and it is not skipping large-scale clinical trials."[11]

Further reading


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References

  1. ↑ https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/quiz-gamaleya-center-or-crack-house Wikispooks has taken content from this excellent article.
  2. ↑ a b https://www.1tv.ru/news/2020-05-19/386138-v_institute_gamalei_rasskazali_ob_odnoy_iz_pervyh_v_mire_gotovyh_vaktsin_ot_koronavirusa
  3. ↑ four previous attempts at creating vaccines either failed or are still in trials.
  4. ↑ https://sputnikvaccine.com/about-us/
  5. ↑ https://www.who.int/immunization/sage/meetings/2018/october/2_Ebola_SAGE2018Oct_BgDoc_20180919.pdf?ua=1
  6. ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7749790/
  7. ↑ https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-(mers-cov)
  8. ↑ https://newizv.ru/news/science/24-07-2021/razruha-ubozhestvo-i-novyy-limuzin-dlya-nachalstva-kak-vyglyadit-institut-gamalei
  9. ↑ https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/quiz-gamaleya-center-or-crack-house
  10. ↑ "Russia plans to start producing coronavirus vaccine in September
  11. ↑ "'Western' Media Falsely Claim That Russia's Covid-19 Vaccine Is Ready To Go"


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