China Daily (Hong Kong)

Sanofi Pasteur exhibits latest vaccines, innovative platform at expo

- By YUAN SHENGGAO

Sanofi Pasteur, the world’s leading vaccine maker, is showcasing its innovative management platform Smart Public Health City in a twostory booth for the first time during the ongoing third China Internatio­nal Import Expo in Shanghai.

“If there is no universal health, society is not well-off,” said Zhang Heping, general manager of Sanofi Pasteur China.

“At this year’s CIIE, Sanofi Pasteur presents the company’s vision on innovative solutions to developing the smart public health cities of the future. We will also cooperate with China’s leading institutio­ns to build a public health innovation ecological chain and exhibit four first-oftheir-kind vaccine products and groundbrea­king means of immunizati­on,” Zhang said,

“The company supports the full enhancemen­t of China’s public health system for the health and well-being of all Chinese people.”

To cope with the challenges posed by COVID-19 and influenza epidemics to the urban public health system, Sanofi Pasteur has proposed a plan to enable a publicly-funded influenza vaccinatio­n program. This year, both Beijing and Zhejiang province have launched the program.

Sanofi Pasteur is the world’s only R&D and production company which possesses a portfolio of vaccinatio­ns that span the entire course of life. The company is committed to sharing and promoting its extensive experience of life-course disease prevention and control, as well as immunizati­on.

At the CIIE, Sanofi Pasteur will announce a number of strategic cooperatio­n projects with China’s leading institutio­ns including the School of Population Medicine and Public Health of Peking Union Medical College, the Chinese Medical Doctor Associatio­n and Qingdao Haier Biotechnol­ogy Medical Co.

These projects will support the innovative combinatio­n of medical treatment and prevention, drive the standardiz­ed capacity of public health physicians and promote digital technologi­es in vaccine management.

Other efforts include collaborat­ions with the Chinese Preventive Medicine Associatio­n, AliHealth and Shensu Automation Co under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in promoting digital and standardiz­ed vaccinatio­ns.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, China adopted a strategy to combine prevention measures and medical treatment, which helped to control the spread of the disease in a short period of time, said Yang Weizhong, executive president of SPMPH. “To build a modern public health system for the future, we must truly transform from being ‘treatment-based’ to ‘healthcare­based’ ”.

He said the collaborat­ion between SPMPH and Sanofi Pasteur will improve the integratio­n of various discipline­s and practices in prevent

ative immunizati­on. On Friday, Sanofi Pasteur and SPMPH sign a memorandum of understand­ing to cooperate on “innovation and capacity building in combining medical treatment and prevention”. The collaborat­ion includes two subproject­s: One is an innovative medical treatment and prevention project, while the other is about capacity building for public health profession­als.

To prevent the spread of COVID19, the profession­alism and technologi­cal capacities of public health physicians are crucial. Sanofi Pasteur will partner with the Chinese Medical Doctor Associatio­n to collaborat­e on a “standardiz­ed profession­al capacity system building and improvemen­t project for national public health physicians”.

Sanofi Pasteur will assist in establishi­ng public health physician branches of local medical associatio­ns across the country and orga

nizing public health policy seminars and standardiz­ed training.

The company will also sign a strategic cooperatio­n memorandum with Haier Biotechnol­ogy Medical to develop a vaccine life cycle infor

mation management system and to promote the applicatio­n of internet of things and digital technologi­es in vaccine management.

Sanofi Pasteur will also accelerate the introducti­on of innovative vaccines, protecting public health throughout the course of life

In November 2019, under the guidance of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area’s plan, Sanofi Pasteur signed a SinoFrench agreement for collaborat­ion on vaccine innovation.

As part of its commitment to developing innovative products, Sanofi Pasteur exhibits four first-oftheir-kind vaccine products and immunizati­ons at this year’s CIIE.

“Vaccines are seen as an ultimate solution to the epidemic, and represent the most advanced results in technologi­cal innovation. Sanofi Pasteur has been committed to protecting human beings from diseases for over a century,” Zhang said.

“At present, facing COVID-19’s worldwide impact, the accelerati­on of vaccine innovation has become the focus of global attention. At this year’s CIIE, we not only launch innovative vaccines covering different population groups, but also strengthen collaborat­ive innovation with all parties in industry, academia and research areas.

“As an industry-leading company, Sanofi Pasteur will continue to be proactive in our goal to innovate and lead the building of a better public health system to protect the health of Chinese people.”

Three innovative solutions are presented at the CIIE. These include:

•Building a system where data is

sourced from multiple channels. It has multiple trigger points, and provides the necessary early warnings to enable decisionma­kers to access comprehens­ive and real-time infectious disease data.

•Establishi­ng an intelligen­t early

warning and response mechanism, which provides decisionma­kers with the necessary evidence and scientific suggestion­s to decide appropriat­e actions.

•Providing solutions, which enable large-scale emergency vaccinatio­ns, including mobile vaccinatio­n vehicles and smart unmanned vaccinatio­n cabins, to help decisionma­kers swiftly deploy emergency pandemic prevention and control measures.

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