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Organization Announcements
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 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.airfinity.com/insights
INSIGHTS & COMPANY NEWS
No new digest content identified.
Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://alleninstitute.org/news-press/
News
Press Release
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announces 23 new Allen Distinguished Investigators
February 9, 2022
$15.5M in research funding will support cutting-edge projects in mammalian synthetic biology, the neuroscience of under-studied animals, and tiny proteins involved in immunity
BMGF – Gates Foundation [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center
Press Releases and Statements
No new digest content identified.
Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.gatesmri.org/news
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
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CARB-X [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://carb-x.org/
News
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Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy – GE2P2 Global Foundation [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.net/
News/Analysis/Statements
:: Informed Consent: A Monthly Review – February 2022 is now posted here
:: Past weekly editions and posting of all segments of Vaccines and Global Health: The Week in Review are available here.
:: Statement on ICF [Informed Consent Form] Posting for Clinical Trials Involving Gene Editing/Gene Therapies – Invitation to Endorse
CEPI – Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://cepi.net/
Latest News
CEPI, Shanghai Zerun Biotech and Walvax Biotech expand collaboration to develop COVID-19 multi-variant vaccine
OSLO, Norway, SHANGHAI and KUNMING, China; 8 February 2022: CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, today announced that it will expand its collaboration with Shanghai Zerun Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Zerun Bio) and its parent company Walvax Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Walvax), a public company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (300142.SZ) to advance the development of a COVID-19 variant vaccine. CEPI will invest up to an additional USD$8.15 million to support a Phase I/II clinical trial in Mali which will evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of Zerun Bio’s prototype and multi-variant vaccine candidates. This will be the first clinical trial of the multi-variant vaccine, which has the potential to provide protection against a broad range of COVID-19 variants.
Including this latest funding, CEPI has now committed up to USD$25.1 million to this vaccine development partnership to support preclinical studies, early-stage clinical trials, process optimization and manufacturing scale-up of prototype and multi-variant vaccines…
DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [U.S.] [to 12 Feb 2022
https://www.darpa.mil/news
News
No new digest content identified.
Duke Global Health Innovation Center [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://dukeghic.org/
Our Blog
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EDCTP [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.edctp.org/
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 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.vaccines.emory.edu/
Vaccine Center News
No new digest content identified.
European Vaccine Initiative [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.euvaccine.eu/
Latest News, Events
No new digest content identified.
Evidence Aid [to 12 Feb 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.
http://www.evidenceaid.org/
New Resources
Interventions to prevent persistent post‐COVID‐19 olfactory dysfunction (search on 16 December 2020) Added February 11, 2022
COVID‐19 vaccination intention in the first year of the pandemic (search up to 31 December 2020) Added February 7, 2022
Fondation Merieux [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.fondation-merieux.org/
News, Events
No new digest content identified.
Gavi [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.gavi.org/
News Releases
No new digest content identified.
GHIT Fund [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.ghitfund.org/newsroom/press
No new digest content identified.
Global Fund [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/news/
News & Stories
Call for Applications for New Global Fund Independent Evaluation Panel
11 February 2022
The Global Fund’s independent evaluation function is being transformed in order to strengthen accountability and learning, based on the results of independent evaluations. The objective is to ensure that evaluations are relevant, timely and of high quality, driving us closer to achieving our goal of ending HIV, TB and malaria as epidemics.
The Global Fund is inviting applications for its new Independent Evaluation Panel (IEP), a body of around ten members that will replace the current Technical Evaluation Reference Group (TERG) at the end of 2022…
Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness [GloPID-R] [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.glopid-r.org/news/
News
GloPID-R and UK DHSC organise funders’ roundtable to strengthen the clinical trials ecosystem
11/02/2022
Funders play a critical role in clinical trials, representing a major force in improving trial coordination during global health emergencies… The roundtable highlighted that sustained coordination, flexibility, efficiency and the translation of findings into policy are essential to promote high-quality clinical research during and between global health emergencies. Also, for global research collaboration to be achieved, research capacity must be strengthened in low- and middle-income countries. The Forum demonstrated the key role of funders in achieving this…
Hilleman Laboratories [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.hillemanlabs.org/
News & Insights
HILLEMAN VACCINES & BIOLOGICS SYMPOSIUM – 23 February 2022
agenda
register
HHMI – Howard Hughes Medical Institute [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.hhmi.org/news
Press Room
Research Feb 8 2022
Nasal Spray Booster Keeps COVID-19 at Bay
In mice, a vaccination strategy that uses an mRNA coronavirus vaccine injection followed by a nasal spray booster generates immune protection in the airways.
Human Vaccines Project [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.humanvaccinesproject.org/
News
No new digest content identified.
IAVI [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.iavi.org/
Latest News
No new digest content identified.
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
http://www.iffim.org/
Press Releases/Announcements
No new digest content identified.
IFRC [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/news/press-releases/
Selected Press Releases, Announcements
No new digest content identified.
Institut Pasteur [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.pasteur.fr/en/press-area
Press Documents
No new digest content identified.
IOM / International Organization for Migration [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.iom.int/press-room/press-releases
News – Selected
News
11 Feb 2022
New Study Highlights Social Media’s Key Role in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake for Migrants
Berlin – Governments could close COVID-19 vaccination gaps by breaking down language barriers and giving migrants easier access to information particularly through social media, according to a study published today by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the University of Potsdam.
Studies from several countries in the US and Europe, including Germany, suggest that vaccination rates are lower among migrant communities compared to the general population. Gaps may vary by country and group but a recent study by the Robert Koch Institute in Germany revealed that the vaccination rate among migrants is 8 per cent lower compared to the native-born population. The study argues that such vaccination gaps may be linked to language barriers, socioeconomic status, and misinformation among migrant communities.
IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) and the University of Potsdam tested the effect of language and trust barriers in Germany via a social media campaign in their study, “Promoting COVID-19 vaccination uptake among migrant communities on social media – Evidence from Germany’’.
“More evidence on the interlinkage between migration and health is urgently needed,” said GMDAC Director Frank Laczko. “Many countries around the world have large migrant populations, yet many of them do not consider the needs of migrants sufficiently in their vaccination programmes.”
Expensive national campaigns to boost vaccine uptake using print, TV, and radio often neglect social media. The results of the study show how specific groups can be reached more effectively and at low cost…
ISC / International Science Council [to 12 Feb 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.
News Blogs Podcasts
Blogs
Celebrating women and girls who are leading the way in science and innovation – 11.02.2022
Join us in celebrating today the 7th International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a day dedicated to remarkable women and girls around the world who are inventing the future and making the world a better place through the power of science. Female scientists who go beyond any barrier, forge new scientific paths and are at the forefront of achieving a much-needed gender equality in science…
IVAC [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/ivac/index.html
Updates; Events
IVAC and VALUE Baltimore Project Launch COVID-19 Information Compendium
February 2022
The VALUE (Vaccine Acceptance & Access Live in Unity, Education, and Engagement) Baltimore Project, which aims to improve COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Baltimore City, has created a new resource for anyone seeking up-to-date information about COVID-19. This free resource has six topic areas: COVID-19 Illness General Vaccine Information COVID-19 Vaccines COVID-19 Vaccine Policy COVID-19 Vaccines […]
IVI [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.ivi.int/
IVI News & Announcements
No new digest content identified.
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/news/center-news/
Center News
Applications Now Open for the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Fellowship Class of 2022
February 9, 2022
MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.msf.org/
Latest [Selected Announcements]
No new digest content identified.
National Academy of Sciences – USA [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/
News
No new digest content identified.
National Vaccine Program Office – U.S. HHS [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.hhs.gov/vaccines/about/index.html
Upcoming Meetings/Latest Updates
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NIH [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases
News Releases
NIH-funded study suggests COVID-19 increases risk of pregnancy complications
Mo nday, February 7, 2022
Pregnant women with COVID-19 appear to be at greater risk for common pregnancy complications — in addition to health risks from the virus — than pregnant women without COVID-19, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
OECD [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/publicationsdocuments/bydate/
Newsroom
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PATH [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.path.org/media-center/
Press Releases
PATH Board of Directors announces annual officer elections
February 10, 2022 by PATH
PATH’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of new officers following its annual officer elections in December of 2021.
Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of People Experience and Technology at Amazon, has been named Board Chair. Most recently, Galetti held the Vice Chair position as well as seats on the Executive and Audit Committees, and she has served on the PATH Board since 2018. At Amazon, Galetti leads a team that oversees the recruitment, growth, development, and support of more than one million employees in over 50 countries…
Sabin Vaccine Institute [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.sabin.org/updates/pressreleases
Statements and Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
UNAIDS [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.unaids.org/en
Selected Press Releases/Reports/Statements
9 February 2022
Networks led by young people in Asia and the Pacific find ways to adapt to COVID-19 and deal with uncertain futures
UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/media-centre.htmlS
Selected News Releases, Announcements
No new digest content identified.
UNICEF [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.unicef.org/media/press-releases
Press Releases, News Notes, Statements [Selected]
Press release
02/09/2022
ACT-Accelerator calls for fair share-based financing of US$ 23 billion to end pandemic as global emergency in 2022
Remarks
02/08/2022
Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine M. Russell at the opening of the UNICEF Executive Board
As prepared for delivery
Unitaid [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://unitaid.org/
Featured News
No new digest content identified.
USAID [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/2021
Selected Press Releases, Statements, Announcements
News
No new digest content identified.
Vaccine Equity Cooperative [nee Initiative] [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://vaccineequitycooperative.org/news/
News
No new digest content identified.
Vaccination Acceptance & Demand Initiative [Sabin) [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.vaccineacceptance.org/
Announcements
No new digest content identified.
Vaccine Confidence Project [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.vaccineconfidence.org/
News, Research and Reports
No new digest content identified.
Vaccine Education Center – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center
News
No new digest content identified.
Wellcome Trust [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://wellcome.ac.uk/news
News. Opinion, Reports
No new digest content identified.
The Wistar Institute [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.wistar.org/news/press-releases
Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
WFPHA: World Federation of Public Health Associations [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.wfpha.org/
Latest News – Blog
Event
What Is Leadership in a Pandemic?
Feb 7, 2022
…On February 16, 2022, at 13:00 – 14:30 (CET), global public health leaders, working within the framework of the WFPHA, will discuss concrete actions to promote equity, public health leadership and global coordination to address pressing global health challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and other health threats. Register
World Bank [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/all
Selected News, Announcements
Solid Waste Management
Context Around the world, waste generation rates are rising. In 2016, the worlds’ cities generated 2.01 billion tons of solid waste, amounting to a footprint of 0.74 kilograms per person per…
Date: February 11, 2022 Type: Brief
Greater and More Diverse Participation in Global Trade is Key to Achieving Africa’s Economic Transformation, says New World Bank Book
ACCRA, February 10, 2022 – African countries must expand and diversify their participation in international trade and global value chains to reduce poverty on a large scale and transform their economies…
Date: February 10, 2022 Type: Press Release
The World Bank’s Blue Economy Program and PROBLUE: Supporting integrated and sustainable economic development in healthy oceans
What is PROBLUE? PROBLUE is an Umbrella Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) administered by the World Bank, designed to help countries chart a course towards a blue economy approach. A blue economy refers to…
Date: February 10, 2022 Type: Brief
New World Bank Report Identifies Reforms to Improve Public Expenditure for Human Capital
KATHMANDU, February 9, 2022 – Nepal has made significant progress in human capital development, though key challenges remain in the health, education, and social protection sectors, which have been…
Date: February 09, 2022 Type: Press Release
COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Innovations in Education in Saudi Arabia
Six million children benefited from Saudi Arabia’s innovative distance learning platform “Madrasati” RIYADH, February 8, 2022 — School closures due to the pandemic led to 6 million children being part…
Date: February 08, 2022 Type: Press Release
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.oie.int/en/media/news/
Press Releases, Statements
Digital transformation and the OIE Observatory: A synergic approach
Editor’s Choice
9 February 2022
Digital transformation is identified as a key objective in the World Organisation for Animal Health’s (OIE’s) Seventh Strategic Plan, and is an important response to the need to become a more modern and agile organisation. This is a vital shift in view of the increasing use of information technologies to support regulation for animal health, animal welfare and veterinary public health…
At present, the OIE is defining its expectations of data stewardship through the establishment of a data governance framework. These expectations include demonstrating responsible management of data and enhancing access to data for Members while respecting concerns for privacy and intellectual property. This work will provide essential organisation-wide rules and processes while also determining the development and direction of each of our key information systems, including those contributed to regularly by OIE Members..
WTO – World Trade Organisation [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news_e.htm
WTO News and Events
Workshop looks into practical aspects of supporting equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines
11 February 2022
Over 250 representatives from WTO members and observers participated on 11 February in a technical workshop focused on the practical aspects of COVID-19 vaccine research and development (R&D), manufacturing, regulatory approval, distribution, and coordination of vaccination campaigns. WTO Deputy Director-General Anabel González hosted the event…The video of the session is available here. The programme, speakers’ biographies and background materials are available here.
Selected slides from meeting:
WTO members, international organizations outline Aid for Trade activities amid COVID-19
8 February 2022
An overview of recent Aid for Trade activities was given by WTO members, international financial institutions and observer organisations at a session of the Committee on Trade and Development on 8 February dedicated to the Aid for Trade initiative. A workshop organized by the Committee on 7 February explored how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift towards the digital economy and the constraints that developing countries face.
DDG Ellard: Multilateralism is the solution to challenges of global commons, unilateralism
7 February 2022
Deputy Director-General Angela Ellard delivered a lecture to the US National War College on 7 February in which she discussed economic multilateralism as a potent instrument of economic power. She addressed the historical context and basic principles of the WTO as well as the modern challenges facing the organization and the multilateral trading system.
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ARM [Alliance for Regenerative Medicine] [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://alliancerm.org/press-releases/
Selected Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
BIO [to 12 Feb 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 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.dcvmn.org/
News; Upcoming events
No new digest content identified.
ICBA – International Council of Biotechnology Associations [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://internationalbiotech.org/news/
News
Website in “maintenance mode”
IFPMA [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.ifpma.org/resources/news-releases/
Selected Press Releases, Statements, Publications
Position paper – Use of electronic labeling
07 February 2022
“E-labeling will increasingly play a role in facilitating fast deployment of product information and facilitate patient understanding and adherence.
International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association [IGBA]
https://www.igbamedicines.org/
News
IGBA establishes a CEO Advisory Committee (February 2022, Committee updated)
The International Generic and Biosimilar medicines Association (IGBA) announced today that it has established a CEO Advisory Committee composed of fourteen leading multinational companies from Canada, Europe, India, Israel, Japan and the United States.
Committee members are:
Chirag Patel, President and Co-Chief Executive Officer – Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Jeff Watson, President and Chief Executive Officer – Apotex Inc.
Pankaj Patel, Chairman – Cadila Healthcare Ltd.
Samina Hamied, Executive Vice-Chairperson – Cipla Ltd.
Satish Reddy, Chairman – Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.
Lucas Sigman, Chief Executive Officer – Insud Pharma S.L.
Vinita Gupta, Chief Executive Officer – Lupin Ltd.
Markus Sieger, Chief Executive Officer – Polpharma Group
Richard Saynor, Chief Executive Officer – Sandoz AG
Peter Goldschmidt, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Executive Board – STADA Arzneimittel AG
Dilip Shanghvi, Managing Director – Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Kåre Schultz, President and Chief Executive Officer – Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.
David Peix, Chief Executive Officer – Towa Pharma International Holdings S.L.
Michael Goettler, Chief Executive Officer – Viatris Inc.
This Committee provides a forum for industry leaders to discuss broad, strategic issues, and to engage and position the industry on a range of critical policy issues…
International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations – IAPO [to 12 Feb 2022]
https://www.iapo.org.uk/news/topic/6
Press and media [Selected]
No new digest content identified.
PhRMA [to 12 Feb 2022]
http://www.phrma.org/
Latest News [Selected]
Takeda’s Ramona Sequeira Becomes Board Chair of PhRMA
Feb 9, 2022
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) today announced that Ramona Sequeira, President of Takeda’s U.S. Business Unit and Global Portfolio Commercialization, has assumed the role of chair of the PhRMA Board of Directors.
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