“I’ve had a number of physicians, especially anesthesiologists who have sent me an email and say, ‘What are we going to treat patients with in the operating room who’ve had this vaccine?’”
Fentanyl is around 100 times more potent than morphine, and a few grains can kill. The vaccine makes antibodies that soak it up before it reaches the brain, and so far the evidence comes from animal models. Inimmune, co-founded by researcher Jay Evans, is the corporate partner scaling up production. Researchers dropped opioid vaccines in the 1970s, and human trials have not even started.