Accelerating pandemic response: The swine flu vaccine

Posted by Roz @ MaRS, May 4th, 2009

Dr. Gottlieb at BioFinance

Talking Swine Flu at BioFinance

Discussing the recent outbreak of Influenza A Virus H1N1 at last week’s BioFinance, Dr. Gottlieb, former Deputy Commissioner of the FDA, examines the evolution of vaccine manufacturing capacity from the days of Avian flu to the current crisis.

Outbreaks, breakthroughs, and other game-changing events in medical science require the medical industry to respond rapidly, redeploying resources, and altering business strategies to stay relevant in a dynamic market climate. Coming up with ways of hard-coding adaptive agility and market awareness into company operations at an early stage means fewer battles and faster cures down the road.

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