The Coalition for Pandemic Preparedness played a key part in speeding development of COVID-19 vaccines. It now needs support over the next five years to end the pandemic and be ready for future infectious disease outbreaks
Head of EU pharma trade body says waiver would ‘open the door to counterfeit vaccines’ and kill incentives to tackle dangerous virus variants. ‘Who will make the vaccine next time?’ one pharma chief asks
The Innovative Medicines Initiative project ZAPI has put in place a new pan-virus methodology for ramping up the production of new vaccines in the next crisis
As COVID-19 shows, older people are particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases. IMI’s VITAL project is studying vaccines and immunity in older adults, to figure out the best strategies to keep people healthier for longer.
As the problem of COVID-19 vaccines supplies so potently illustrates, it is time to rethink the EU’s pandemic preparedness strategy. More support is needed for late stage clinical development and large scale manufacturing
Amid pressure to speed up vaccination programmes some member states are starting to go their own way on securing doses. The EU’s head vaccine official says no country can jump the queue