BioAsia 2023: Focus Research Outside US, Take ‘One Health’ Approach To Prevent Next Pandemic

Speakers from BMS, Takeda, UNICEF and more discussed how a shift in R&D focus, free flow of data on animal and human health, public sector investment and higher regulatory flexibility are key to make ‘One Health’ work and prevent future pandemics

BioAsia 2023 Panel On One Health Approach
BioAsia Panel Participants (Seated L to R) - Sai D Prasad (Bharat Biotech), Mahender Nayak (Takeda), V K Paul (NITI Aayog), Cynthia McCaffrey (UNICEF), Samit Hirawat (Bristol Myers), Richard Hatchett (CEPI). Moderator Gagandeep Kang (CMC) On Screen • Source: Scrip Norstella

“COVID-19 is gone, long live COVID” – this is not a proverb, thankfully so. But it could be, given that the global pharma industry is still drawing lessons from the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 to prepare for the next one, which many in the scientific community say is inevitable.

A panel of officials from companies, regulators and multilateral organizations came together with scientists at a recent conference to consider how the ‘One Health’ methodology could work, among other things,...

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