Conference Coverage (1st Annual Vaccine Research)

NIH Advised To Hand Over AIDS Vaccine Leadership

Published in Vaccine Weekly, July 13th, 1998

The National Institutes of Health fails to grasp the urgency of developing an AIDS vaccine, a leading AIDS researcher asserts.

Only an empirical approach and decisive leadership can produce an effective HIV vaccine, argued Mary Lou Clements-Mann of Johns Hopkins University.

"Now is the time for reassessment of government delegations of responsibility for AIDS vaccine development," Clements-Mann said. "A broad strategic plan has yet to be developed by the NIH. ... The [NIH] Division of AIDS has emphasized basic research over vaccine development."

Clements-Mann's comments came during an address to the First Annual Conference on...

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