Here is a list of some reports available online. See also the 'what' page for more background on our reports and also descriptions of reports that are no longer online but might be available on request.

Resources that had been updated frequently:

  • 'Summary of stability data for licensed vaccines'; and 'Summary of stability data for investigational formulations of vaccines'. Produced by Working in Tandem Ltd for the PATH Vaccine and Pharmaceutical Technologies Group (on PATH website).

Dated reports, most recent first...

  • WHO preferred product characteristics for herpes simplex virus vaccines. 14 May 2019 (WHO website).

  • Safety, tolerability, acceptability and immunogenicity of an influenza vaccine delivered to human skin by a novel high-density microprojection array patch (Nanopatch™). 17 May 2018 (PubMed).

  • J Hickling, R Jones. Yellow Fever Vaccination: The Potential of Dose-Sparing to Increase Vaccine Supply and Availability. 18 April 2013 (on PATH website).

  • JK Hickling, KR Jones, M Friede, D Zehrung, D Chen & D Kristensen (2011). Intradermal delivery of vaccines: potential benefits and current challenges. Bull World Health Organ 2011; 89: 221–226 (Policy and Practice article on WHO website).

  • J Hickling, R Jones, Nundy N. Improving the affordability of inactivated poliovirus vaccines (IPV) for use in low- and middle-income countries - An economic analysis of strategies to reduce the cost of routine IPV immunization 20 April 2010 (on Polioeradication website).

  • Chen, D, S Kapre, A Goel, K Suresh, S Beri, J Hickling, J Jensen, et al. 2010. “Thermostable Formulations of a Hepatitis B Vaccine and a Meningitis A Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine Produced by a Spray Drying Method.” Vaccine 28 (31): 5093–99. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.04.112. (in PubMed).

  • J Hickling, R Jones. 'Intradermal delivery of vaccines' - a review of the literature and the potential for development for use in low and middle-income countries - 27 August 2009 (on PATH website).

  • Landscape analysis on Trends in Vaccine Availability and Novel Vaccine Delivery Technologies: 2008–2025. 2008 (on PATH website).

  • J Hickling and Erik D’Hondt. ‘A review of production technologies for influenza vaccines and their suitability for deployment in developing countries for influenza pandemic preparedness. WHO Initiative for Vaccine Research, Geneva, Switzerland. 2006 (no longer on WHOP website but available here).

We have also written a number of meeting reports, including for WHO:

  • Gonococcal Vaccines: Public Health Value and Preferred Product Characteristics Initial Global Stakeholder Consultation, Geneva, Switzerland: 23-24 January 2019 (draft with client).

  • WHO Product Development for Vaccines Advisory Committee (PDVAC) meeting - 2018, 2019 (drafts with client).

  • Report on WHO meeting on immunization in older adults: Geneva, Switzerland, 22-23 March 2017 (Pubmed).

  • Meeting report: Initial World Health Organization consultation on herpes simplex virus (HSV) vaccine preferred product characteristics, March 2017 (PubMed).

  • Report on eighth WHO meeting on development of influenza vaccines that induce broadly protective and long-lasting immune responses: Chicago, USA, 23-24 August 2016. (Pubmed).

  • Report on the second WHO integrated meeting on development and clinical trials of influenza vaccines that induce broadly protective and long-lasting immune responses: Geneva, Switzerland, 5-7 May 2014. (Pubmed).

Last updated: 15 November 2023