Vaccines
Our work in vaccines focuses on making certain diseases a thing of the past.
Vaccines are one of the greatest public health success stories in history
We recognize the potential for vaccines to serve as a powerful tool — helping to protect against certain potentially serious diseases, support public health care and advance health equity.
What does it mean to be pioneers?
Discovering, developing and supplying vaccines is in our DNA — for the past century and into the next one. We’re working tirelessly to help prevent infectious diseases and improve access to vaccines for a more equitable future.
Our work in vaccines
Vaccines play a critical and enduring role in global public health, helping to prevent a variety of infectious diseases and making some once-feared diseases, such as smallpox, a thing of the past. Yet, vaccine-preventable diseases and outbreaks persist in some contexts — due largely to low vaccination rates often resulting from vaccine hesitancy or challenges with access.
“We’re committed to advancing and mobilizing our scientific research and expertise, supply capacity and strong external collaborations to build awareness, trust, access and acceptance of vaccines among people everywhere.”
— Richard M. Haupt, vice president, head of global medical & scientific affairs, vaccines and infectious diseases