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Sabin PDP, King Saud University Sign Project Agreement to Build Vaccine Research and Development Capacity in Saudi Arabia
New Initiative Will Focus on Public Health Preparedness for Emerging, Neglected Diseases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — November 16, 2015 — The Sabin Vaccine Institute Product Development Partnership (Sabin PDP) today signed a project agreement with King Saud University to build vaccine research and development capacity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and advance the establishment of a vaccine research institute in Saudi Arabia. The project will focus on training activities that could lead to vaccine development for major and emerging neglected diseases and parasitic infections in the region.
As part of this U.S.-Saudi initiative, Saudi scientists, including students and faculty, from Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz Health Research Center at King Saud University in Riyadh, and other Saudi institutions, will receive technical training in vaccine development processes at the Sabin PDP laboratories, in Houston, Texas. Both partners will work to build the necessary workforce needed for vaccine process development and scale-up, in Saudi Arabia while also developing a total quality management system, including quality control and quality assurance…