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7 A Way Forward
Pages 189-192

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... In that respect, intentional efforts to harmonize every step of vaccine manufacturing and distribution will be integral to the success of new products; harmonization, standardization, and decreasing regulatory barriers are critical to pandemic preparedness. A critical lesson the COVID-19 pandemic has taught the world is that to effectively respond to a pandemic, it truly requires a global multi-stakeholder response.
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From page 190...
... Working to identify cutting-edge and innovative vaccine platform technologies is key. There has also been comparatively little research and investment on therapeutics for direct oral antivirals for coronaviruses, and the committee believes that the world is seriously suffering from this lack.
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From page 191...
... Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted that international organizations, including COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and the World Health Organization have a degree of collaboration, but that better coordination is needed between the United States and these entities. There is also a need to evaluate regulatory bottlenecks within global entities such as medicine regulatory agencies in other countries, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
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From page 192...
... It is also extremely important for the global community to interpret this report and its recommendations in tandem with other reports that examine the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, not only those of the sister committees of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, but also those of other organizations, including COVID-19: Make It the Last Pandemic (IPPPR, 2021) and A Global Deal for Our Pandemic Age (G20, 2021)
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