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HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
Volume 12, Issue 9, Pages 2469-2474Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1172162
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economics; funding; health policy; non-governmental organization; vaccination program
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Vaccination is made possible by an interconnected and interdependent ecosystem of vaccine producers, vaccination policy makers and implementers, and vaccine procurers and funders. The future of vaccination depends on the continued health of this ecosystem and its ability to produce, purchase, deliver, and innovate. However, the number of vaccine producers that also do significant research and development has decreased over the last several years. Many of these R&D-based producers have been forced to cease production of critical vaccines, despite global shortages, so that in several cases only one or two producers remain. We discuss the reasons for these changes and what might be done to maintain a healthy vaccination ecosystem.
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