TY - JOUR
T1 - Regulatory cooperation for vaccines
T2 - the Asia-Pacific and beyond
AU - Lacey, Simon
AU - Mitchell, Andrew D.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank two anonymous referees for their helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper. This article is based on independent research commissioned and supported by funding from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. The views and opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of the authors’ respective organizations.
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic galvanized national regulatory authorities (NRAs) to adopt innovative and cooperative vaccine approval approaches. Against a backdrop of deaths, economic paralysis, and political instability, it became clear that legacy approaches to vaccine approvals would no longer suffice. Regulatory cooperation between NRAs has developed since the 1960s in Europe and later in other regions. But the crisis wrought by COVID-19 has instilled a new sense of the value of networking, work-sharing, reliance, and recognition among NRAs in all countries and regions. Regional and multilateral collaboration — particularly in the Asia-Pacific — have also enabled shared knowledge and resources while contributing to some degree of harmonization in rules and procedures. Indeed, this will likely pave the way for dealing with future global health crises. Yet, amidst the detritus, there is much to learn.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic galvanized national regulatory authorities (NRAs) to adopt innovative and cooperative vaccine approval approaches. Against a backdrop of deaths, economic paralysis, and political instability, it became clear that legacy approaches to vaccine approvals would no longer suffice. Regulatory cooperation between NRAs has developed since the 1960s in Europe and later in other regions. But the crisis wrought by COVID-19 has instilled a new sense of the value of networking, work-sharing, reliance, and recognition among NRAs in all countries and regions. Regional and multilateral collaboration — particularly in the Asia-Pacific — have also enabled shared knowledge and resources while contributing to some degree of harmonization in rules and procedures. Indeed, this will likely pave the way for dealing with future global health crises. Yet, amidst the detritus, there is much to learn.
KW - Asia-Pacific
KW - cooperation
KW - COVID-19
KW - national regulatory authorities
KW - vaccines
KW - WHO
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U2 - 10.1163/2667078x-bja10025
DO - 10.1163/2667078x-bja10025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85159193839
SN - 2667-0836
VL - 24
SP - 74
EP - 102
JO - Asian International Studies Review
JF - Asian International Studies Review
IS - 1
ER -