Conference Coverage (ECPI Combination Vaccines)

Developing World Needs Combo Vaccine - But Who Will Pay?

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, June 1st, 1998

A new vaccine is here, and most of the world's population needs it. Supply, demand; what's the problem'

"I thought it would be a no-brainer," said Mark A. Kane. "I was wrong."

Kane should know: he's the person responsible for new vaccine introduction at the World Health Organization (WHO) Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI).

His remarks came in an invited address to the European Center for Pharmaceutical Information (ECPI) Rapid Development of Combination Vaccines Conference, held April 20-22, 1998, in London, England.

WHO's Scientific Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) has recommended that among new...

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