Programs Strategic Center of Biomedical Advanced Vaccine Research and Development for Preparedness and Response : SCARDA

Based on the Strategy for Strengthening the Vaccine Development and Production System, the Department of Advanced Vaccine Research and Development of the Strategic Center of Biomedical Advanced Vaccine Research and Development for Preparedness and Response (SCARDA) collects and analyzes wide-ranging information on vaccine development that will lead to strategically significant research funding, and implements both Program on R&D of New Generation Vaccine including New Modality Application and Japan Initiative for World-leading Vaccine Research and Development Centers.

The Division of Vaccine Research and Development Strategy collects and analyzes wide-ranging information on vaccine development that will lead to strategically significant research funding, and simultaneously attempts management involving a comprehensive overview of the state of progress of the Strengthening Program for Pharmaceutical Startup Ecosystem and the overall state of domestic vaccine development and commercialization.

The Division for Promotion of Vaccine Research and Development promotes the two programs, “Program on R&D of New Generation Vaccine including New Modality Application” and “Japan Initiative for World-leading Vaccine Research and Development Centers”, and implements the appropriate management of those projects adopted.
In the former program, we evaluate the feasibility of commercialization and the validity of continued research regarding each adopted project, and with consideration to the degree to which timelines and milestones are met, decide upon whether or not to go ahead with the projects, all the while flexibly making judgments concerning revisions or changes of research directions and setups. In order to link up with the commercialization of research seeds such as vaccine and drug candidates, in the latter program, we secure a seamless cooperative system with academia, industry and clinical institutes aiming to achieve practical results, and facilitate the creation of a research promotion system that foresees swift responses during times of emergency.