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. 2017 Aug 16;35(35 Pt A):4475-4479.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.05.096. Epub 2017 Jun 16.

The importance of vaccine supply chains to everyone in the vaccine world

Bruce Y Lee  1 , Leila A Haidari  2
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The importance of vaccine supply chains to everyone in the vaccine world

Bruce Y Lee et al. Vaccine. .

Abstract

While the focus of many in the vaccine world has been on developing new vaccines and measuring their effects on humans, failure to understand and properly address vaccine supply chain issues can greatly reduce the impact of any vaccine. Therefore, everyone involved in vaccine decision-making may want to take into account supply chains when making key decisions. In fact, considering supply chain issues long before a vaccine reaches the market can help design vaccines and vaccine programs that better match the system. We detail how vaccine supply chains may affect the work and decision making of ten examples of different members of the vaccine community: preclinical vaccinologists, vaccine clinical trialists, vaccine package designers, health care workers, epidemiologists and disease surveillance experts, policy makers, storage equipment manufacturers, other technology developers, information system specialists, and funders. We offer ten recommendations to help decision makers better understand and address supply chains.

Keywords: Immunization; Logistics; Supply chains.

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