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ARTICLE | Politics & Policy

Stakeholders launch pan-Europe vaccine monitoring project

November 27, 2013 11:28 PM UTC

EMA, the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) and other stakeholders including industry policymakers and academics launched the five-year ADVANCE project to develop a pan-European framework to monitor the benefits and risks of vaccines through their lifecycle. The framework will focus on generating quantitative data to more quickly monitor, assess and communicate the benefits and risks of a vaccine. Under the project, EMA will develop guidance on conducting and reporting vaccine studies that will include methodological standards and a communication strategy. ...