| The Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy a program of the Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania, The Wistar Institute Vaccine Center and the Vaccine Education Center of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) |
2007-2008 Overview
Summarized below are major project milestones from 2007 and 2008 to date:
Launched the Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy as a joint program of the Center for Bioethics at Penn, the
newly-formed Wistar Institute Vaccine Center and the Vaccine Education Center at The Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia. The Center is an outgrowth of the Ethics of Vaccines Project launched at th Center for Bioethics
in January 2005. Completed a five-year operating plan to guide program priorities and funding-raising.
Won continued financial support from Penn through the Provost’s Interdisciplinary Seminar Fund; vaccine
industry support for Center programs from sanofi pastuer, Merck and GSK; program support from Center for
Global Partnership, and foundation support from the Greenwall Foundation. Development efforts are
continuing with the Rockefeller Foundation, the Clinton Foundation, the Gates Foundation and others.
Convened two international conferences on vaccine ethics and legal issues with support from the Center for
Global Partnership http://www.cgp.org/: “The Global Challenge of Vaccination: Legal Challenges, Ethical
Conundrums.” The conferences, which attracted participants from North America, U.K., France, Switzerland,
Italy, South Africa, Japan, India, Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, and China, were held in April in Philadelphia,
and in December in Tokyo, Japan.
Strengthened a pipeline of publishing, lecture and presentation activity by Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy
working group members. See the current Project Bibliography following this summary.
Established a public forum series on vaccine and immunization issues in partnership with The Franklin
Institute. The planned series of three forums will be launched in March 2008 at the Franklin Institute; the
initial forum will be focused on immunizations requirements, mandates and public health policy.
Developed and submitted a summary of observations and concerns around the draft guidance on pandemic
vaccines allocation as part of the HHS public comment period.
Established collaboration initiatives with PATH and IVI, two key global players in vaccine development and
program implementation. Opened dialogs with GAVI and other key NGOs, and various departments and
working groups operating under WHO, WIPO, CBD and other international bodies.
Significantly enhanced the scope and subscriber base of Vaccines: The Week in Review. the Center’s weekly
email snapshot of major milestones, events and annoucments in the vaccines field globally. The service is
pushed to a growing email base and posted at http://www.centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.
net/Vaccines_WeekinReview.html
Continued the Center’s monthy seminary series on vaccine ethics and policy held at the Wistar Institute.
Seminar topics included :
- Vaccines: Intellectual Property and Licensing Issues (January 2007)
- Pandemic Planning II: Vaccines at Federal, State and Local Public Health
Management Levels (February 2007)
- HPV Vaccines and the Mandates Issue: Must? Ought? Should? (March 2007)
- Vaccines and Informed Consent: Best Practices, Best Effects (April 2007)
- Clinical Trials in Developing Countries: The Rotavirus Vaccine Experience (May
2007)
- An Ethical Framework for Vaccines: Initial Draft (June 2007)
- HIV Vaccine Development: Status and Issues (October 2007)
- Pandemic Vaccine Allocation Strategies: Proposed Guidance (November 2007)
- Healthcare Worker Seaconal Influenze Vaccination Policy/Uptake Isues
(December 2007)
- Isolate Sharing, Genetic Resources, Access & Benefits Sharing (January 2008)
Summarized below are major project milestones from 2007 and 2008 to date:
Launched the Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy as a joint program of the Center for Bioethics at Penn, the
newly-formed Wistar Institute Vaccine Center and the Vaccine Education Center at The Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia. The Center is an outgrowth of the Ethics of Vaccines Project launched at th Center for Bioethics
in January 2005. Completed a five-year operating plan to guide program priorities and funding-raising.
Won continued financial support from Penn through the Provost’s Interdisciplinary Seminar Fund; vaccine
industry support for Center programs from sanofi pastuer, Merck and GSK; program support from Center for
Global Partnership, and foundation support from the Greenwall Foundation. Development efforts are
continuing with the Rockefeller Foundation, the Clinton Foundation, the Gates Foundation and others.
Convened two international conferences on vaccine ethics and legal issues with support from the Center for
Global Partnership http://www.cgp.org/: “The Global Challenge of Vaccination: Legal Challenges, Ethical
Conundrums.” The conferences, which attracted participants from North America, U.K., France, Switzerland,
Italy, South Africa, Japan, India, Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, and China, were held in April in Philadelphia,
and in December in Tokyo, Japan.
Strengthened a pipeline of publishing, lecture and presentation activity by Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy
working group members. See the current Project Bibliography following this summary.
Established a public forum series on vaccine and immunization issues in partnership with The Franklin
Institute. The planned series of three forums will be launched in March 2008 at the Franklin Institute; the
initial forum will be focused on immunizations requirements, mandates and public health policy.
Developed and submitted a summary of observations and concerns around the draft guidance on pandemic
vaccines allocation as part of the HHS public comment period.
Established collaboration initiatives with PATH and IVI, two key global players in vaccine development and
program implementation. Opened dialogs with GAVI and other key NGOs, and various departments and
working groups operating under WHO, WIPO, CBD and other international bodies.
Significantly enhanced the scope and subscriber base of Vaccines: The Week in Review. the Center’s weekly
email snapshot of major milestones, events and annoucments in the vaccines field globally. The service is
pushed to a growing email base and posted at http://www.centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.
net/Vaccines_WeekinReview.html
Continued the Center’s monthy seminary series on vaccine ethics and policy held at the Wistar Institute.
Seminar topics included :
- Vaccines: Intellectual Property and Licensing Issues (January 2007)
- Pandemic Planning II: Vaccines at Federal, State and Local Public Health
Management Levels (February 2007)
- HPV Vaccines and the Mandates Issue: Must? Ought? Should? (March 2007)
- Vaccines and Informed Consent: Best Practices, Best Effects (April 2007)
- Clinical Trials in Developing Countries: The Rotavirus Vaccine Experience (May
2007)
- An Ethical Framework for Vaccines: Initial Draft (June 2007)
- HIV Vaccine Development: Status and Issues (October 2007)
- Pandemic Vaccine Allocation Strategies: Proposed Guidance (November 2007)
- Healthcare Worker Seaconal Influenze Vaccination Policy/Uptake Isues
(December 2007)
- Isolate Sharing, Genetic Resources, Access & Benefits Sharing (January 2008)
