It’s been two years since COVID-19 was officially named a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), and we are finally moving from a pandemic to an endemic.
But what does this mean—and what lessons can we take with us we move forward and prepare for the next, inevitable pandemic?
We spoke exclusively to BIO’s Phyllis Arthur, Hans Sauer, and Hilary Stiss about the progress over the past two years, the role of intellectual property in developing vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics so quickly, and why we need to prepare for the next pandemic before it’s here.