PDVAC Executive summary 2015: 2nd annual meeting
WHO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland – Salle D, 7-9 September 2015
Overview
The World Health Organization Product Development for Vaccines Advisory Committee (PDVAC) met from Sep 7 to 9 2015. The committee reviewed 22 pathogens for which specific read-‐ahead documents had been prepared. Each document provided a global pipeline analysis commissioned by WHO according to a standardised template which included the following sections: the pathogen, disease and unmet public health need focusing on low and middle income countries (LMICs); the status of the vaccine development pipeline; the pathway to licensure; suggested possible roles for WHO to advance the vaccine pipeline towards public health objectives. All of these documents will be made available in a supplement of the journal Vaccine by Q1 2016. WHO thanks the many individuals and organizations that contributed to this community effort to assess the global pipeline for these pathogens.