Research & Development

Vaccine clinical development is highly complex. Overall, the regulatory landscape for vaccines is designed to ensure that vaccines are safe and effective, that the benefits of vaccination outweigh any risks, and that appropriate equity and diversity considerations are observed in the development of vaccines. While the process can be lengthy and expensive, it is critical for protecting public health and ensuring that vaccines are available to those who need them. The NVLC convenes vaccine innovators, legal practitioners and scholars interested in vaccine regulatory developments and emerging issues.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual property protections are a cornerstone of vaccine development and innovation. The NVLC convenes legal practitioners, vaccine innovators, IP scholars, and those interested in IP developments and emerging issues.

Vaccine Safety

Once a vaccine is licensed, it continues to be monitored through post-marketing surveillance for safety and effectiveness, including monitoring of adverse events. The NVLC is a forum for those interested in the legal environment surrounding vaccine safety.

Vaccine Injury

Laws that shield vaccine manufacturers from liability and compensate vaccine injuries are essential to sustaining vaccine markets and vaccine confidence. The NVLC is a forum for all interested in vaccine liability protections and injury compensation.

Vaccine Confidence

Vaccine confidence is impacted by many factors, including sources of misinformation and disinformation, health care providers and public health officials. The NVLC confronts the many challenges to maintaining and strengthening vaccine confidence and equity with a legal lens.

Public Health & Preparedness

Public health legal authorities help facilitate routine and pandemic vaccine uptake, which is essential to preventing the spread of disease and protecting population health. The NVLC is a forum for public health leaders and frontline workers, national organizations committed to advancing public health, as well as vaccine innovators, scholars and legal practitioners.

Finance, Coverage & Access

Vaccine access is dependent on a complex system of financing and coverage and legal approaches that alleviate barriers to access. The NVLC is a forum for government and private payors, vaccine innovators, providers, and public health officials to dialogue on legal approaches to achieving maximum vaccine access.

Workplace/Workforce Vaccination

Employers have been at the forefront of vaccination, hosting seasonal vaccination clinics, navigating the legal complexities of the pandemic and encouraging routine vaccination of employees and their families. The NVLC brings together legal practitioners, employers, vaccine innovators and public health officials for dialogue on vaccination and the workplace.

Health Providers & Payors

Health providers have substantial vaccine-law responsibilities given their role in immunization administration and care delivery. Payor decisions regarding quality measures, provider panels, reimbursement methods, and coverage/medical necessity determination processes should be guided by state and federal regulations, contracts, and other legal requirements that impact vaccination. At the NVLC, participants will discover proven strategies to meet legal obligations and explore collaborations that promote access to safe and effective vaccination.