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.

WHO Team
Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB)
Editors
Product Development for Vaccines Advisory Committee (PDVAC)
Number of pages
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