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The medical and public health communities long have recognized the tremendous value of vaccines and immunization, which in some instances have eradicated devastating diseases from affected populations and made enormous inroads in infectious disease prevention. Vaccines harness the power of the immune system to prevent disease before it occurs and some therapeutic vaccines target life-threatening diseases, such as cancer and HIV, after they have progressed.
Existing vaccines and novel, new vaccines in development promise enormous benefit in the fight against disease. However, the complexity of processes to develop and produce vaccines, consequent regulatory hurdles, and the high-risk nature of the vaccine market all raise barriers to vigorous vaccine production.
BIO's Principles on Vaccine Financing Policy (April 30, 2008)
Read the letter (99 KB PDF)
The Promise and Challenge of Adolescent Immunization (May 7, 2007)
Comments to the National Vaccine Advisory Committee.
Read the comments (147 KB PDF)
Pandemic Flu: We Must Prepare Now (January 12, 2006)
Read Jim Greenwood's statement
Greenwood Praises Passage of Pandemic Influenza Plan (December 22, 2005)
Read Jim Greenwood's statement
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