Experts: “We are not prepared for a global virus pandemic”

Updated on 18 July 2012

Additionally, one of the world's foremost influenza experts, Dr Peter Palese, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, said that, "We must share information and early results so we can develop safe and effective vaccine - anything less is useless."

Dr Rino Rappuoli, global head, vaccines research, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Italy, said that his foundation plans to supply vaccines against diseases that particularly target poor populations.

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