Diffusion of an innovative biotechnology: the case of plant-derived vaccines using system dynamics

Martin Cloutier, Céline Bérard () and Luc Cassivi
Additional contact information
Martin Cloutier: UQAM - Université du Québec à Montréal = University of Québec in Montréal
Céline Bérard: UQAM - Université du Québec à Montréal = University of Québec in Montréal, COACTIS - COnception de l'ACTIon en Situation - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne
Luc Cassivi: UQAM - Université du Québec à Montréal = University of Québec in Montréal

Post-Print from HAL

Abstract: The possible diffusion of plant-derived vaccine (PDV) biotechnology in developing countries offers an interesting potential substitute to existing more expensive vaccine technology currently available on the market. This paper is concerned with the potential impact that the introduction of such a technology could have on the incidence of hepatitis B cases on India's population overtime. The objective of the paper is to look at the hypothetical issues of a PDV diffusion using a system dynamics (SD) model. Some illustrative results are presented to show the interaction between infection rates, mortality rates, and vaccination rates. In spite of promising features, such as much lower production costs, institutional hurdles to a widespread diffusion of the technology still need to be overcome.

Keywords: Health care; technology diffusion; biotechnology; plant-derived vaccines (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-07-17
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Published in International System Dynamics Conference, Jul 2005, Boston, United States. pp.1-15

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00519053

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Post-Print from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().