Japan Lists Eight Infectious Diseases For Focused Vaccine Development

Funding For Vaccine R&D Projects Ongoing

12 Jul 2022

The list including eight types of diseases such as flu and coronavirus infection, smallpox will be sent to SCARDA to determine which domestic vaccine development projects by pharmaceutical firms are to be funded. Some participants at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s discussion insisted on continuous monitoring.

Japan's MHLW chose eight types of diseases including flu, coronavirus, smallpox — Japan's List aims to give domestic pharma new vaccine development opportunities • Source: Shutterstock

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has determined the list of eight types of "important infectious disease" to focus on for domestic development of vaccines.

The list, decided by the ministry’s special committee on vaccine on 6 July, 2022, includes respiratory infections such as coronavirus...