GAVI - The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization

Current Board Members

Vaccine Industry – Industrialized Country

Currently represented on the GAVI Board by

Merck Vaccines

Board Member: Dr Adel A. F. Mahmoud, President
Term of Office: April 2005 to May 2008

[ FIIM IFPMA logo ]The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations ( IFPMA ) provides the forum for representation of the industrialized country vaccine industry in GAVI. The IFPMA represents over 55 national industry associations from both developed and developing countries. Companies in membership of the IFPMA are the major global research-based pharmaceutical and vaccine companies.

The vaccine-producing members of the IFPMA have a long-standing legacy of working with international public health agencies to ensure the enhancement of health for children globally, through immunization. Through the alliance, member partners address ways to accelerate the development and introduction of new vaccines specifically needed by developing countries.

The vaccine industry members of the IFPMA, in cooperation with their GAVI partners, work to ensure accessibility to vaccines for all the world’s children with a particular focus on the poorest people and countries.

The specific vaccine industry partners involved in GAVI are those that produce the greatest share of the global vaccine supply. They are:

  • Wyeth Vaccines
  • Chiron Vaccines
  • Berna Biotech (representing smaller vaccine producers)
  • Glaxo SmithKline
  • Merck & Co., Inc.
  • Aventis Pasteur

Former Board Members

Chiron Vaccines

Board Member: Mr. John Lambert
Term of Office: January 2004 to March 2005

Wyeth-Ayerst Global Pharmaceuticals

Board Member: Mr. Geno Germano, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Wyeth Vaccines
Term of Office: January 2002 to December 2003

GAVI Partners

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

WHO

UNICEF

The World Bank Group

Developing Country Governments

Nongovernmental Organization

Industrialized Country Governments

Research Institutes

Vaccine Industry-Industrialized Country

Technical Health Institutes

Vaccine Industry-Developing Country

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