3rd Global Vaccine Congress

Abstract

Singapore was the location of the 3rd Global Vaccine Congress on 4–6 October 2009, and it provided a suitable place for sharing a range of developments, concepts and challenges associated with vaccines. One of the major goals of this meeting was to present a broad and balanced program of research, development, production, clinical testing and delivery of vaccines to people living in different parts of the world. This report contains an overview of recent developments in the vaccine field against a range of infections and disease situations that were presented during the meeting. The highlights included challenges to the current constraints on the timely and cost-effective development of vaccines and a focus on the H1N1 influenza pandemic concerns. The meeting also generated presentations that challenged the regulatory and political status quo in order to expand global access to vaccines and facilitate speedier and more cost-effective development of new vaccines.

Keywords::

• conference
• delivery systems
• regulation
• vaccines

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgement and thanks go to Professors Ray Spier and Shan Lu, Congress Organizing Committee Chairs.

Financial & competing interests disclosure

The author has no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.

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