Regulatory Assessment of COVID-19 Vaccines in the Indo-Pacific: Australian support to PNG

Welcome to Season 2 of Contain This and Episode 29. 

This week we discuss an essential step in the journey of the COVID-19 vaccine. We bring you insights on how the experts at Papua New Guinea’s Pharmaceutical Services Standards Branch were supported to assess the safety and efficacy of COVUD-19 vaccines in the last few months prior to the first doses arriving in their country.

In this episode, we spoke with Adjunct Professor John Skerritt who heads the Therapeutic Goods Administration within Australia’s Department of Health, Vali Karo, the Acting Manager and Mary Keurih, the product registration technical advisor at the Pharmaceutical Services Standards Branch within PNG’s Pharmaceutical Services Standards Branch. 

We hope you enjoy the episode.

For more information about the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, visit our website indopacifichealthsecurity.dfat.gov.au/vaccine-access.

Connect with us on Twitter via @CentreHealthSec and @AusAmbRHS.