Head of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Sciences of the Sri Jayawardenepura University Prof. Neelika Malavige has been selected as a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) technical advisory committee on Covid-19.
The WHO has established a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to advise on scientific, technical, and strategic matters related to the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP).
The group is composed of 10 renowned experts with a diverse range of knowledge and expertise as clinicians and researchers working on COVID-19 health products; experts in access to medicines, diagnostics, vaccines, and other health products; specialists of public health-oriented intellectual property; technology transfer experts; business development experts; experts in pricing, procurement, needs estimation and/or regulation of medicines.
Following are the other members of the committee:
Frederick Abbott -Scholar Professor of Law Florida State University College of Law
Jorge Bermudez – Senior Researcher and Head of the Medicines Policy Department National School of Public Health Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Pascale Boulet -Intellectual Property and Access Leader Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
Jan Hendriks – Independent Vaccinology Researcher and Consultant
Ruth Lopert – Senior Health Economist/Senior Health Policy Analyst Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Asmaa Osman – Associate Professor, Consultant Physician, Clinical Pathology Assiut School of Medicine
Anthony So – Professor of the Practice and Director of the Innovation + Design Enabling Access (IDEA) Initiative Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Padmashree Gehl Sampath – Senior Advisor Global Access in Action Program of the Berkman Klein Center, Harvard University
(NewsWire)