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ADB Establishes High-Level Advisory Group for COVID-19 Vaccines


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Manila: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has joined with leading public health experts, vaccine regulators, and policy makers to form an advisory group to provide its developing member countries (DMCs) with expert technical and scientific advice on the quality, safety, and effectiveness of vaccines for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
The Regional Vaccine Advisory Group held its first meeting today and will help ADB and its DMCs better understand the regulatory oversight, risk management strategies, and pharmacovigilance needed to safely introduce and monitor vaccine rollouts.
“For most of the world, including Asia and the Pacific, the pandemic continues to disrupt lives and economies, and, in some countries, it is intensifying,” said ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa. “ADB’s Regional Vaccine Advisory Group will help to safely introduce COVID-19 vaccines across Asia and the Pacific, and allow people to resume their lives, revive their economies ....

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