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Racing to develop and distribute a vaccine against COVID-19 has proven to be a challenging endeavor. Not only has there been the enormous scientific-technical challenge of developing the world's first vaccines against a coronavirus, the subsequent ethical issues involved in vaccine allocation have been equally complex. This contribution focuses on the policy and strategic aspects of accelerating innovation, fair allocation, and distribution. We take a holistic approach to describing the various tasks and how they are interconnected. Through comparative analysis we explore the issues through the lens of multiple stakeholders: i.e., public health authorities, governments of industrialized and developing countries, and industry. At each step of the consecutive process-from vaccine development to delivery-common ground has to be found between global community stakeholders, to move the project to the next stage, until completion: (1) accelerated innovation, (2) centralized purchasing, (3) selecting suppliers, (4) equitable allocation, (5) global access and affordability, (6) compulsory vs. voluntary licensing, and (7) a universal pandemic treaty. Conclusions: Public-private partnership is essential with regards to inventing and allocating new vaccines to fight infectious disease pandemics. The nature of pandemics requires collaboration at both the national and international levels. Seven important lessons have been identified that we can learn from based on the experience gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic. We trust that these findings will be helpful in drafting preparedness guidelines and a global pandemic treaty to manage future pandemics.

The Race for COVID-19 Vaccines: Accelerating Innovation, Fair Allocation and Distribution