Intellectual Property Watch | May 21, 2018
Cited in the release, Prof. Lawrence Gostin of the WHO Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, said “The tenth anniversary of GISAID represents a landmark in global solidarity.”
“A pandemic strain of influenza is perhaps the world’s greatest threat,” he said. “Everything GISAID stands for: virus sharing, cutting-edge research, open access and international cooperation to guarantee health security couldn’t be more important.”