Advance market commitments

An advance market commitment is binding contract, typically offered by a government or other financial entity, used to guarantee a viable market if a vaccine or other medicine is successfully developed. As a result of such a commitment, the market for vaccines or drugs for neglected diseases would be comparable in size and certainty to the market for medicines for rich countries. This would enable biotech and pharmaceutical companies to invest in the development of new vaccines to tackle the world’s most pressing health problems, in the normal course of their business decisions.

External links

• Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)
• International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)
• AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC)
• Vaccines for Development