On 10 June 2021, the Department of Health and Social Care’s UK Vaccine Network funded Future Vaccine Manufacturing Research Hubs, FVMR Hub and Vax-Hub held a half-day online event “Vaccine manufacturing during a global pandemic: what have we learnt from COVID-19?”. In a combined effort, researchers from the two Hubs convened nearly 200 stakeholders from a range of organisations in industry, policy, academia and the third sector.

During the event, which featured leading COVID-19 vaccine scientists and policymakers, participants explored the role of academia in vaccine manufacturing innovation, discussed the UK's positioning in global health research and international development, and reflected on the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic to shape future research in this area.

• How has progress (e.g. in vaccine platform technologies) influenced the development of vaccines? To what extent have pandemic preparedness strategies supported the development of a vaccine?
• What role does local vaccine manufacturing capacity play in equitable access to vaccines and can long-term availability and supply of vaccines be improved by investing in additional local production capacity in Low and middle-Income Countries?
• What role does UK-based vaccine manufacturing research play in ensuring global health security against future pandemics and how can we strengthen our capacity and contribution?

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