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Vaccines for Viral Infections in Developing Countries

Agenda

Thursday, July 27, 2006

8:50 AMOpening Remarks
Diane Griffin, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Harry Greenberg, Stanford University, USA
9:00 AMOverview and Major Issues for Assessment of Disease Burden of Viral Diseases in Asia (PDF)
Hitoshi Oshitani, Tohoku University, Japan

Rotavirus Session

9:45 AMEpidemiology Of Rotavirus Infection And The Need For A Vaccine In Asia (PDF)
Tony Nelson, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
10:15 AMDevelopment and Implementation of Vaccine Made in the Third World (PDF)
R. Bhan, New Delhi, India
10:45 AMBreak
11:00 AMOutlook for the Implementation of a Human-Bovine (UK) Rotavirus Reassortant Vaccine (PDF)
Al Kapikian, NIH, USA
11:30 AMDevelopment and Commercial Manufacturing Challenges for Live Attenuated Rotavirus Vaccines (PDF)
W. Wainwright, Path and NIH, USA
12:00 PMPhase III Clinical Results of Rotavirus Vaccine Trials and Efforts to Accelerate Introduction to the Developing World (PDF)
John Boslego, Path, USA
12:30 PMLunch

Human Papillomavirus Session

1:30 PMHuman Papillomavirus Vaccination for Cervical Cancer Prevention (PDF)
Patti Gravitt, Johns Hopkins University, USA
2:00 PMIssues Regarding Marketing and Distribution of Vaccines in Developing Countries (PDF)
Elaine Esber, Merck, USA
2:30 PMDevelopment of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Against a Broader Spectrum of Oncogenic Types (PDF)
Tadahito Kanda, Japan

Rabiesvirus Session

3:00 PMRabies Epidemiology, Disease Burden and Vaccine Utilization in Asia (PDF)
Elizabeth Miranda, Phillipines
3:30 PMBreak
3:45 PMCurrent Vaccines and Their Availability in China (PDF)
Zhen Fu, University of Georgia, USA
4:15 PMControl of Rabies in Asia Requires Quality Biologicals and the Motivation to Use Them Appropriately (PDF)
Henry Wilde, Thai Red Cross
4:45 PMAdjourn
6:30-
8:30 PM
Reception

Friday, July 28, 2006

Japanese Encephalitis Session

9:00 AMStrategy for Introduction of JE Vaccine Into Routine Immunization (PDF)
Julie Jacobson, Path, USA
9:30 AMDisease Burden Due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Cost-Effectiveness of JE Immunization in Asia (PDF)
Zhi-Yi Xu, IVI, Seoul
10:00 AMContinued Transmission and Need for Booster Doses in An Endemic Country (PDF)
Eiji Konishi, Kobe University, Japan
10:30 AMBreak
10:45 AMImmunological Surrogates for Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine-Induced Protection (PDF)
Ichiro Kurane, NIH Japan
11:15 AMDeveloping a New JE Vaccine–Switch the Mouse Brain to the Vero Cell (PDF)
Shigeharu Ueda, BIKEN Foundation, Japan
11:45 AMInactivated SA14-14-2 (PDF)
Erich Tauber, Intercell, AG
12:15 PMLunch
1:30 PMSafety and Efficacy of Live Attenuated Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine SA14-14-2 in Human Vaccination (PDF)
Yu Yongxin, NICBP, Beijing
2:00 PMChimerivaxTM – A Platform Technology for Flavivirus Vaccine Development – Status of a New Vaccine Against Japanese Encephalitis (PDF)
Niranjan Kanesa-thasan, Acambis, USA

Influenza Session

2:30 PMEmergence and Continuing Evolution of H5N1 Influenza (PDF)
Robert Webster, St. Jude Hospital, USA
3:00 PMVaccine Development for Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza (PDF)
John Treanor, University of Rochester Medical Center, USA
3:30 PMBreak
3:45 PMInfluenza in Asia (PDF)
Hiroshi Suzuki, Niigata University, Japan
4:15 PMInfluenza Virus Patterns in Asia (PDF)
Mark Steinhoff, Johns Hopkins University, USA
4:45 PMDevelopment Of Human Influenza H5N1 Vaccines In Japan: Research And Clinical Trials (PDF)
Masato Tashiro, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
5:15 PMClosing Remarks
Akira Oya, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan

Participant List (PDF)