Editor’s Note:
Careful readers will note that the number and range of organizations now monitored in our Announcements section below has grown as the impacts of the pandemic have spread across global economies, supply chains and programmatic activity of multilateral agencies and INGOs.
Airfinity [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://www.airfinity.com/insights
INSIGHTS & COMPANY NEWS
Airfinity downgrades its global COVID-19 vaccine revenue forecast to $64.1B
Published by Airfinity
Apr 10, 2022
Airfinity has downgraded its global sales forecast for COVID-19 vaccines this year from $80.8bn to $64.1bn.
Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://alleninstitute.org/news-press/
News
No new digest content identified.
BMGF – Gates Foundation [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center
Press Releases and Statements
No new digest content identified.
Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute [to 16 Apr 2022]
The Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute is a non-profit biotech organization. Our mission is to develop products to fight malaria, tuberculosis, and diarrheal diseases—three major causes of mortality, poverty, and inequality in developing countries. The world has unprecedented scientific tools at its disposal; now is the time to use them to save the lives of the world’s poorest people
No new digest content identified.
News
No new digest content identified.
Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy – GE2P2 Global Foundation [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.net/
:: Past weekly editions and posting of all segments of Vaccines and Global Health: The Week in Review are available here.
:: Informed Consent: A Monthly Review – April 2022is now posted here
:: Patients, Politics, Pressure :: Pharma Stays Steady [Mostly] In Russia Sanctions Context
Observations at 30 March 2022 David R Curry
CEPI – Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations [to 16 Apr 2022]
No new digest content identified.
DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [U.S.] [to 16 Apr 2022
News
No new digest content identified.
Duke Global Health Innovation Center [to 16 Apr 2022]
No new digest content identified.
The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) aims to accelerate the development of new or improved drugs, vaccines, microbicides and diagnostics against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as well as other poverty-related and neglected infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on phase II and III clinical trials
News
No new digest content identified.
Emory Vaccine Center [to 16 Apr 2022]
http://www.vaccines.emory.edu/
Vaccine Center News
No new digest content identified.
European Vaccine Initiative [to 16 Apr 2022]
Latest News, Events
No new digest content identified.
Evidence Aid [to 16 Apr 2022]
Evidence Aid aims to save lives and livelihoods in disasters by providing decision-makers with the best available evidence and by championing its use.
New Resources
No new digest content identified.
Fondation Merieux [to 16 Apr 2022]
http://www.fondation-merieux.org/
Mérieux Foundation & University of Geneva co-organized event
22nd Advanced Vaccinology Course (ADVAC)
May 9 – 20, 2022 – Les Pensières Center for Global Health, Veyrier-du-Lac (France)
News Releases
No new digest content identified.
https://www.ghitfund.org/newsroom/press
Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/news/
News & Stories
No new digest content identified.
Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness [GloPID-R] [to 16 Apr 2022]
News
No new digest content identified
Hilleman Laboratories [to 16 Apr 2022]
News & Insights
No new digest content identified
HHMI – Howard Hughes Medical Institute [to 16 Apr 2022]
Press Room
No new digest content identified.
Human Vaccines Project [to 16 Apr 2022]
http://www.humanvaccinesproject.org/
News
No new digest content identified.
IAVI [to 16 Apr 2022]
No new digest content identified.
ICRC [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://www.icrc.org/en/whats-new
What’s New [Selected]
Equitable access to COVID-19 vaccination is a humanitarian imperative
Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the United Nations Security Council, New York 11 April 2022. Delivered by Dr. Esperanza Martinez, Senior Advisor to the Office of the Director-General.
12-04-2022 | Statement
[See COVID above for detail]
International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities [ICMRA]
http://www.icmra.info/drupal/en/news
Selected Statements, Press Releases, Research
No new digest content identified.
IFFIm
Press Releases/Announcements
No new digest content identified.
IFRC [to 16 Apr 2022]
http://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/news/press-releases/
Tonga: Red Cross tackles triple disaster – COVID-19, volcanic fallout, tsunami
IFRC to support more than 2 million people affected by the conflict in Ukraine with its largest ever
Institut Pasteur [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://www.pasteur.fr/en/press-area
Press release 14.04.2022
Decoding a direct dialog between the gut microbiota and the brain
Gut microbiota by-products circulate in the bloodstream, regulating host physiological processes including immunity,…
Press release 13.04.2022
Colon cancer: how mutation of the APC gene disrupts lymphocyte migration
In patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, a genetic disease predisposing to colon cancer, mutations of the APC…
Press release 12.04.2022
HIV: The Antibodies of “Post-treatment Controllers”
A very small percentage of people with HIV-1, known as “post-treatment controllers” (PTCs), are able to control their…
IOM / International Organization for Migration [to 16 Apr 2022]
http://www.iom.int/press-room/press-releases
News – Selected
No new digest content identified.
ISC / International Science Council [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://council.science/current/
ISC is a non-governmental organization with a unique global membership that brings together 40 international scientific Unions and Associations and over 140 national and regional scientific organizations including Academies and Research Councils.
Blogs
A call to ISC Members: how to assist displaced Ukrainian scholars
11.04.2022
IVAC [to 16 Apr 2022]
World Immunization Week 2022: Webinars
April 2022
During World Immunization Week 2022 the International Vaccine Access Center, along with global immunization and indigenous health partners, will host a three webinars. Registration is free, and we encourage all to sign up and save these dates on their calendars. Enabling Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Indigenous Populations When: April 26, 2022 from 6:00 […]
IVI [to 16 Apr 2022]
No new digest content identified.
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/news/center-news/
Center News
No new digest content identified.
MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 16 Apr 2022]
Latest [Selected Announcements]
War in Ukraine
Finding our most useful role in our response in and around Ukraine
Project Update 11 Apr 2022
National Academy of Medicine – USA [to 16 Apr 2022]
News
No new digest content identified.
National Academy of Sciences – USA [to 16 Apr 2022]
http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/
News
No new digest content identified.
National Vaccine Program Office – U.S. HHS [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://www.hhs.gov/vaccines/about/index.html
Upcoming Meetings/Latest Updates
No new digest content identified.
[Website not responding at inquiry]
OECD [to 16 Apr 2022]
http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/publicationsdocuments/bydate/
Newsroom/Library
COVID-19 assistance to developing countries lifts foreign aid in 2021 – OECD
Foreign aid from official donors rose to an all-time high of USD 179 billion in 2021, up 4.4% in real terms from 2020 as developed countries stepped up their help for developing countries grappling with the COVID-19 crisis, according to preliminary data collected by the OECD.
PATH [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://www.path.org/media-center/
Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
Sabin Vaccine Institute [to 16 Apr 2022]
http://www.sabin.org/updates/pressreleases
Statements and Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
UNAIDS [to 16 Apr 2022]
Selected Press Releases/Reports/Statements
14 April 2022
Life-saving logistics in Ukraine
UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [to 16 Apr 2022]
http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/media-centre.htmlS
Selected News Releases, Announcements
UN Refugee Agency opposes UK plan to export asylum
WFP and UNHCR Joint News Release
https://www.unicef.org/media/press-releases
Press Releases, News Notes, Statements [Selected]
“We must take the rapid action needed to accelerate vaccination.”
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/we-must-take-rapid-action-needed-accelerate-vaccination
Featured News
13 April 2022
… Unitaid’s efforts, underway in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia and Paraguay, seek to demonstrate new approaches to testing, treatment and care for Chagas disease that will generate valuable evidence to facilitate the adoption of feasible and cost-effective health strategies for combatting Chagas disease across the region and globally…
Vaccine Equity Cooperative [nee Initiative] [to 16 Apr 2022]
News
No new digest content identified.
Vaccination Acceptance & Demand Initiative [Sabin) [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://www.vaccineacceptance.org/
Announcements, Blog
No new digest content identified.
Vaccine Confidence Project [to 16 Apr 2022]
http://www.vaccineconfidence.org/
News, Research and Reports
No new digest content identified.
Vaccine Education Center – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia [to 16 Apr 2022]
http://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center
No new digest content identified.
Wellcome Trust [to 16 Apr 2022]
News. Opinion, Reports
No new digest content identified.
The Wistar Institute [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://www.wistar.org/news/press-releases
No new digest content identified.
WFPHA: World Federation of Public Health Associations [to 16 Apr 2022]
Latest News – Blog
No new digest content identified.
World Bank [to 16 Apr 2022]
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/all
Green Fiscal Reforms can Protect Vulnerable Households and Boost COVID-19 Recovery Efforts in Europe
BRUSSELS, April 14, 2022 – Green fiscal reforms can help protect vulnerable households and support pandemic recovery efforts in European countries on the road to climate neutrality by 2050, says a new…
Date: April 14, 2022 Type: Press Release
Proposed actions to help vulnerable countries include providing emergency food supplies and deploying financial support to households and countries; facilitating unhindered trade; investing in sustainable…
Date: April 13, 2022 Type: Press Release
Proposed actions to help vulnerable countries include providing emergency food supplies and deploying financial support to households and countries; facilitating unhindered trade; investing in sustainable…
Date: April 13, 2022 Type: Statement
World Customs Organization – WCO [to 16 Apr 2022]
Latest News
No new digest content identified.
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://www.oie.int/en/media/news/
Press Releases, Statements
No new digest content identified.
WTO – World Trade Organisation [to 16 Apr 2022]
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news_e.htm
WTO News and Events [Selected]
World Bank, IMF, WFP and WTO call for urgent coordinated action on food security
13 April 2022
The heads of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and the WTO issued a joint statement on 13 April urging coordinated action to help vulnerable countries address growing threats to food security. The proposed actions include providing emergency food supplies and deploying financial support to households and countries, facilitating unhindered trade, and investing in sustainable food production and nutrition security.
WHO, WIPO, WTO launch trilateral COVID-19 technical assistance platform
11 April 2022
The World Health Organization (WHO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the WTO launched on 11 April 2022 their new Trilateral COVID-19 Technical Assistance Platform. This new tool aims to help members and WTO accession candidates address their capacity building needs to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[See COVID above for detail]
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ARM [Alliance for Regenerative Medicine] [to 16 Apr 2022]
Selected Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
BIO [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://www.bio.org/press-releases
Press Releases, Letters, Testimony, Comments [Selected]
No new digest content identified.
DCVMN – Developing Country Vaccine Manufacturers Network [to 16 Apr 2022]
No new digest content identified.
ICBA – International Council of Biotechnology Associations [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://internationalbiotech.org/news/
News
No new digest content identified.
http://www.ifpma.org/resources/news-releases/
Selected Press Releases, Statements, Publications
COVID-19 vaccines and treatments output continues apace; as health systems and last mile hurdles remain
13 April 2022
[See COVID above for detail]
13 April 2022
The biopharmaceutical industry is committed to working with stakeholders to improve pandemic preparedness for the future and to ensure equitable access to medical countermeasures.
Any system should be built on what worked well during the COVID-19 pandemic with robust IP frameworks enabling collaborations, as well as immediate sharing of pathogens.
As the INB enters deeper discussions on a new instrument we believe these should be informed by a few core principles:
International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association [IGBA]
https://www.igbamedicines.org/
News
No new digest content identified.
International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations – IAPO [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://www.iapo.org.uk/news/topic/6
Press and media [Selected]
No new digest content identified.
PhRMA [to 16 Apr 2022]
Latest News [Selected]
No new digest content identified.
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