- 著者
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Mami Wakabayashi
Yasunori Ichimura
Eiichi Shimizu
Tomoko Nishioka
Yuzuru Kono
Masahiko Doi
Yuriko Egami
Tomoka Kadowaki
Hiroyasu Iso
Noriko Fujita
- 出版者
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine
- 雑誌
- GHM Open (ISSN:2436293X)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.2021.01032, (Released:2022-02-26)
- 参考文献数
- 20
- 被引用文献数
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1
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been utilizing Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to expand access to medical products during the COVID-19 pandemic. EUL is a risk-based procedure for assessing and listing unlicensed vaccines, medicine, and in vitro diagnostics. To determine whether Japanese medical products acquired EUL relating to COVID-19, we conducted desk research as a part of a new project. Results showed that thirteen of twenty-eight in vitro diagnostic products were from China and three of ten vaccines on EUL were from India. However, only one vaccine manufactured in Japan was on EUL. A common weakness of Japanese companies in the global public procurement market was a lack of knowledge on qualification systems for medical products. We hypothesized holistic approaches from private companies and systematic supports from public sectors are required for a response to an emergency. These activities could lead to contribute to global health issues through sustainable businesses.