“Drug Companies Say SARS Vaccine May Take at Least 5 Years to Produce”

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At the International Students Conference in Switzerland, some members of the pharmaceutical industry said that a vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome could be at least five years away. Researchers pointed to the fact that the virus is a part of the coronavirus family, which is known to mutate easily--and this rapid mutation could hinder efforts to develop a successful vaccine. Other issues, such as how the virus travels, also need to be examined before companies can develop a vaccine that will safely protect people from the virus and its mutated forms.

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