Introduction
ADB-CoRE Vaccine Regulation Project, is supported under ADB’s Support to Enhance COVID-19 Vaccine Access by Developing Member Countries (APVAX) programme, with the overarching goal of strengthening the regulatory resilience for public health emergencies. This project aims to inform the Health Sector Group of ADB on the regulatory landscape in Asia and the Pacific, focusing on a review of regulatory systems strengthening in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Singapore, and Korea with a deep-dive review of Bangladesh and Indonesia.
In this project, the team conducted a series of educational, think tank and advisory activities on regulatory systems strengthening work and established a network of vaccine developers, manufacturers and regulators among the Asian Development Bank developing member countries. These activities include an inaugural ADB-CoRE Vaccine Seminar, a regional landscape analysis, two country-specific landscape analyses (Indonesia and Bangladesh) and two workshops for the regulators in the Indonesian Food and Drug Authority (FDA). This impactful project has garnered extensive media attention and has been covered in regional media.